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China’s draft measures demand ‘individual consent’ for facial recognition use
The pervasive use of facial recognition technology across all facets of life in China has elicited both praise for its convenience and backlash around privacy concerns. The widespread adoption has…
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‘Always on and watching’: A former Xinjiang prisoner describes life inside China’s detention camps
For 10 months in 2018, Ovalbek Turdakun was a prisoner in one of China’s notorious detention camps, where he was tortured, subject to horrific conditions and under constant surveillance. In a makeshift courtroom inside the detention camp he was being held, Turdakun was not permitted to speak and was made to sign papers he was…
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US retail giants pull Chinese surveillance tech from shelves
This story was reported in partnership with video surveillance news site IPVM. Retail giants Home Depot and Best Buy have pulled the Chinese video surveillance technology makers Lorex and Ezviz from their stores over links to human rights abuses. In a statement to TechCrunch, Home Depot said it’s “committed to upholding the highest standards of…
The FBI has warned that the Chinese government is using both in-person and digital techniques to intimidate, silence and harass U.S.-based Uyghur Muslims. The Chinese government has long been accused…
TikTok apologizes for removing viral video about abuses against Uighurs, blames a “human moderation error”
TikTok has issued a public apology to a teenager who had her account suspended shortly after posting a video that asked viewers to research the persecution of Uighur people and…
