A view of Chinese electronics maker TCL’s exhibition booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) on January 6 (local time), the opening day of CES 2026. (Photo courtesy of Yonhap News Agency)

 

 

[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] The U.S. state of Texas has significantly strengthened regulations targeting Chinese companies, including TCL and Hisense, citing concerns over personal data breaches and threats to national security.

According to the official website of the Texas state government on January 1, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the state has updated its government-wide “Prohibited Technologies List.”

Abbott said that data collected through various applications and hardware devices could pose serious risks to users if misused, adding that technologies linked to China will be comprehensively banned from use by state government employees and on public-sector devices.

The updated list includes a wide range of major Chinese AI, consumer electronics, and platform companies, such as Alibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi, TP-Link, CATL, SenseTime, Megvii, iFlytek, Uniview, Shein, and Temu.

Texas authorities said they determined that personal data associated with Chinese companies and technologies could be illegally collected and exploited.

As part of the move, Texas designated the Texas Cyber Command (TXCC) as the state’s lead agency responsible for identifying additional technologies that could pose threats to sensitive government information going forward.

The inclusion of TCL has also drawn attention due to potential implications for its recent joint venture with Japan’s Sony. As U.S. scrutiny of China-linked technologies intensifies, concerns are growing that global joint ventures involving Chinese partners could face unexpected regulatory risks.

 

 

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