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  "path": "/2026/06/12/cable-lobbyists-show-how-trump-fccs-extortive-foreign-router-ban-isnt-workable/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T12:27:40.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
  "tags": [
    "1",
    "ncta",
    "brendan carr",
    "hardware",
    "national security",
    "onshoring",
    "privacy",
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  "textContent": "Back in March I noted how the Trump FCC under Brendan Carr had announced a “new ban” on all routers made overseas (which is pretty much all of them). At the time we also noted how this was less of a ban and more of a shakedown, with router manufacturers required to beg the Trump FCC for […]",
  "title": "Cable Lobbyists Show How Trump FCC’s Extortive ‘Foreign Router Ban’ Isn’t Workable"
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