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📢 Phonegate Alert writes to every EU market-surveillance authority: 'telecom Dieselgate' in mobile SAR testing

September 2, 2026 (EMFS)
Sep 1, 2026 (original)
Source: Phonegate Alert
Source category: Advocacy/NGO
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Phonegate Alert reports: The French NGO has sent an official letter to every European national market-surveillance authority, alleging that undisclosed software mechanisms in mobile phones can alter transmit power, antennas, or device behavior during SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) radiation testing, drawing a direct parallel to the automotive-industry 'Dieselgate' scandal. Phonegate cites the European Commission's own August 2025 iPhone 12 decision as acknowledging that proprietary testing tools do not permit an independent assessment of SAR. President Dr. Marc Arazi says the group is preparing to take EU General Court action to force disclosure of the withheld algorithmic documents.
Note: Phonegate Alert is a French NGO led by Dr. Marc Arazi campaigning for stricter, independently-audited mobile-phone SAR testing. Also covered by EM Radiation Research Trust (republication).

"No European regulator is currently able to fully verify phone emission control software. Indeed, these programs can alter the device's behavior during radiation exposure tests. This is the finding that Phonegate Alert sent last week to every national market surveillance authority in Europe."

— Phonegate Alert

"The parallel with Dieselgate is direct. In the automotive industry, software devices modified vehicle behavior during emissions tests. Similarly, in mobile phones, undisclosed software mechanisms can alter transmit power, antennas, or device behavior during"

— Phonegate Alert

"Behind this major regulatory loophole lies a public health issue. How can we ensure that users' actual exposure is properly assessed when the software mechanisms controlling emissions cannot be independently audited?"

— Phonegate Alert

"Every regulatory authority in Europe now has these questions in hand. We hope for a European wake-up call in the face of this public health issue. While Brussels is still withholding essential algorithmic documents from its own iPhone 12 file, we are preparing to take action before the General Court of the European Union to obtain their disclosure."

— Dr. Marc Arazi, President of Phonegate Alert

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Phonegate Alert challenges all of Europe over telecom "Dieselgate" phonegatealert.org

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