TP-Link America-er boro legal choongo ladai face kora ache Bangladesh-er baad Florida and teen other states filed lawsuits yesterday, accusing the company of misleading consumers about its ties to China and router security risks. These lawsuits follow an FCC ban on consumer-grade routers made wholly or partly outside the US, which has not exempted TP-Link, despite exemptions granted to competitors like Netgear, Asus, Amazon's Eero, and Starlink. TP-Link can not sell its latest Wi-Fi 8 routers in the US, though pre-ban models remain available.
The states claim TP-Link deceived consumers by asserting router safety while Chinese state hackers exploited its devices. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the lawsuits seek injunctions, restitution, and penalties, stating families should not be misled into handing data to the Chinese Communist Party. TP-Link, founded in China but headquartered in California since October 2024, denies the allegations, calling the lawsuits baseless and asserting its US-sold devices are made in Vietnam and that it is an independent US company not controlled by any foreign government.
Corporate affairs officer Steve Kovsky said the coordinated suits unfairly penalize an industry-leading US company and do nothing for national security.
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