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  "path": "/2026/03/25/brendan-carr-tries-to-ban-all-foreign-routers-in-lazy-legally-dubious-shakedown/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-25T12:22:00.000Z",
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    "brendan carr",
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  "textContent": "Taking a break from attacking the First Amendment, FCC boss Brendan Carr this week engaged in a strange bit of performance art: his FCC announced that they’d be effectively adding all foreign-made routers to the agency’s “covered list,” in a bid to ban their sale in the United States. That is unless manufacturers obtain “conditional […]",
  "title": "Brendan Carr Tries To ‘Ban’ All Foreign Routers In Lazy, Legally Dubious Shakedown"
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