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Foreign-made cameras sit in tens of millions of American homes — built by companies that can be legally compelled to hand your footage to their government. Urge Congress to close the loophole.
How a device you bought for safety became a window into your home — and who can look through it.
The ban was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals in 2024.
Both manufacturers failed mandatory security certification, ending in a full sales ban.
The same devices are still here — with no federal rule keeping your footage in the country.
The world's two largest camera makers are Chinese-owned.
Countries where these devices are sold.
Of U.S. homes with these cameras installed.
The cameras monitoring millions of American homes were manufactured by companies operating under foreign laws that require them to hand over user data to their government — without a warrant, without judicial review, and without any legal recourse for American citizens.
All organizations and citizens shall support, assist and cooperate with national intelligence efforts. Article 14 grants intelligence agencies the authority to demand data from any company — with no court oversight and no right of refusal.
The two largest manufacturers of surveillance cameras in the world are both Chinese. Their products are sold in over 200 countries, sit in tens of millions of American homes, and have already been banned from U.S. federal buildings by the FCC. The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld that ban in 2024. India went further — requiring security certifications that both companies failed, resulting in a full sales ban.
Foreign cameras identified as a security risk — removed and banned.
The same devices. The same risk. No federal protection at all.
We call on Congress to pass legislation that prohibits the storage of American citizens' home surveillance data on foreign-controlled servers and bans the use of foreign software in consumer cameras sold in the United States — extending to American homes the same protections already afforded to American government buildings.
It takes 60 seconds. When enough constituents sign, this lands on the right desks in Congress.
"I urge my representative to support legislation protecting American families from foreign government access to home surveillance footage. What is banned in our Capitol should be banned in our homes."
