FCC Proposes Rule to Identify Foreign Adversary Ownership in US Communications

FCC licensees would have to disclose ties to China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The headquarters of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington on Aug. 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a rule aimed at exposing any communications license or authorization held by entities controlled by a foreign adversary.

The four-member commission voted unanimously on May 22 to issue the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, released to the public on May 27.