Drone maker DJI faces more US sanctions over surveillance concerns
(Android Central)

DJI makes drones and mobile gimbals. What you need to know The U.S. Treasury Department has placed DJI and other companies on an investment blocklist. DJI is accused of having supplied surveillance technology for the Chinese government. The move comes a year after DJI was placed on the Entity List. The United States is making another move against popular drone maker DJI as the Department of the Treasury`s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) places it and seven other companies on an investment blocklist. The announcement was made on Thursday following reports that DJI would be among the companies targeted by the U.S. government. According to the Treasury, these companies `actively support the biometric surveillance and tracking of ethnic and religious minorities in China, particularly the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang.` Today, Treasury`s OFAC identified 8 Chinese technology firms as part of the Chinese Military Industrial Complex. These 8 entities activel...