DJI responds to new US drone ban law passed by FCC – here's what it means for you

• The FCC wants to retroactively ban gadgets under national security
• It's a move that could end up affecting older DJI models
• A ban on DJI drones will probably come into force by the end of the year

The threat of DJI products being banned in the US has been casting a shadow for several years now, and now there's another development: the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to give itself further powers to retroactively ban gadgets deemed to present a security risk.

What that means in practice (via The Verge) is that the FCC can now add "radio frequency devices" to its database of banned products – called the Covered List – even if they've previously been sold in the country. If a company (such as DJI) gets banned in the future, the FCC can go back and remove older products from sale too ...