House Panel Calls on Administration to Prevent Spread of Chinese OS

House panel calls on administration to prevent spread of Chinese OS

The leaders of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party want the leaders of the secretaries of State and Commerce, along with the Federal Communications Commission chair, to cooperate with allies in avoiding the use of an open-source operating system they claim could expand China’s digital authoritarianism. The operating system, known as HarmonyOS, was developed by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, which is on a variety o…

House Lawmakers Ask Trump Admin to Block CCP-Backed Huawei’s Operating System

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is urging the State Department, Commerce Department, and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the diffusion of Chinese tech giant Huawei’s HarmonyOS around the world, recalling the years-long process to remove Huawei technology from government infrastructure the first time around. “Given the serious national security and geopolitical implications associated with foreign …