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New Reports Highlight Globalization of Surveillance Tech Industry

New Reports Highlight Globalization of Surveillance Tech Industry Posted by John Chan | Feb 19, 2021 A new report from The Intercept’s Mara Hvistendahl uncovers how U.S. software giant Oracle worked with Chinese law enforcement to supply analytics software for China’s burgeoning surveillance state. At the same time, other reports have revealed how Chinese manufacturers of surveillance equipment are widely supplying governments and companies in the West. Although the international connections of surveillance tech companies are not new, the new revelations underscore how an industry built around mass surveillance has become increasingly normalized and global, despite deeply concerning questions about their ethical practices.

Half of London Councils Use Chinese Surveillance Equipment Linked to Persecution of Uighurs

Half of London Councils Use Chinese Gear Linked to Uighur Persecution

19 Feb 2021 Half of the borough councils in London use surveillance equipment linked to technology used by the Chinese Communist Party in the oppression and persecution of the Uighurs. Data obtained from a freedom of information request given to the Thomson Reuters Foundation revealed that at least half of London’s 32 local governing bodies were using surveillance systems from two Chinese companies, Hikvision and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd, which produce facial recognition technologies. Both firms are currently subject to restrictions in the United States. Hikvision provides video surveillance systems to police in Xinjiang, home to the Uighurs, where an estimated one to three million of the Muslim minority group are believed to be detained in the province’s more than 1,000 concentration camps.

Half London councils found using Chinese surveillance tech linked to Uyghur abuses

Half London councils found using Chinese surveillance tech linked to Uyghur abuses
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