Etsy is worried it’ll get caught up in the FCC’s gadget bans.
Remember when it was cheap and easy for me to buy DJI’s banned camera? The FCC is currently taking comments on a plan to ban online marketplaces from listing gadgets like that. Platforms would need to validate each device’s FCC status before they list it for sale. Etsy wants its “micro-entrepreneurs” to be exempt. [Media: https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/28608807-etsy-comment-on-fccs-plan-to-extend-its-gadget-ban-to-online-marketplaces/?embed=1]
DJI ban: how the world’s biggest dronemaker is getting shoved out of the US
Remember when it was cheap and easy for me to buy DJI’s banned camera ? The FCC is currently taking comments on a plan to ban online marketplaces from listing gadgets like that. Platforms would need to validate each device’s FCC status before they list it for sale. Etsy wants its “micro-entrepreneurs” to be exempt.
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