DJI — one of the largest and most popular drone companies in the world — has been added to the US Department of Commerce’s “Entity List”, designating the Chinese company as a national security risk and banning US-based companies from doing business with DJI.
That means — similar to the US government’s ongoing ban on Huawei products — that US stores like Best Buy or Amazon won’t be able to directly sell DJI products, and US businesses won’t be able to provide parts or components for DJI to use in its drones. The ban is set to go into effect when the list is officially updated at 11:15am.
Surprisingly, the Commerce department is reportedly citing human rights concerns over DJI’s involvement in providing drones to the Chinese government as…