On March 13, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Chairman Brendan Carr announced the creation of a Council on National Security (the “Council”) with Adam Chan serving as the Director. This new Council will be comprised of eight Bureaus and Offices within the FCC and will “leverage the full range of the Commission’s regulatory, investigatory, […]
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DeepSeek Grabs Headlines – but Could it Be Unlawful by April? Considerations for Companies from recent US Data Regulations
Late last week, a new generative AI large language model called DeepSeek was publicly launched by two Chinese entities, the Hangzhou and Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Cos. Ltd. DeepSeek is currently driving headlines claiming it represents a “Sputnik moment“ in AI development. DeepSeek claims to perform at the same level as US-developed LLMs like […]
OFAC Announces Sanctions Against Chinese-Based Cybersecurity Company
On January 3, 2025, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced sanctions on a Chinese-based cybersecurity company, Integrity Technology Group, Inc. (“Integrity Tech”). These sanctions were in response to Integrity Tech’s “role in multiple computer intrusion incidents against U.S. victims.” The incidents have been attributed to Flax Typhoon, a Chinese […]
The D.C. Circuit’s TikTok Decision Could Portend Greater Regulation of Chinese-Owned Apps
On December 6, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (“Act”). The Act, signed into law by President Biden on April 24, 2024, prohibits the “distribution or maintenance” in the U.S. of applications controlled by ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based […]
Congressional Research Service Report Sheds Light on October Telecommunications Attack by PRC-Linked Threat Actor
In early October 2025, several media outlets reported that United States telecommunications services had been infiltrated by state affiliated threat actors linked to the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). These reports were followed by a joint press release on October 25, 2024 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]