Will smart cities in Belt and Road Initiative bring Xinjiang-style facial recognition to other countries?
Much of the digital security apparatus operated in Xinjiang by China’s government, including biometric facial recognition, is making its way…
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World Bank accused of unknowingly funding China’s biometric surveillance in Xinjiang
Was China’s surveillance state built with World Bank loans? According to official procurement documents, China tried to use the World…
Chinese government defends biometric surveillance in Xinjiang saying 13,000 terrorism arrests made
Chinese authorities say in a new white paper they have arrested 13,000 terrorists in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in…
Hikvision providing nearly one thousand facial recognition cameras for surveillance system in Xinjiang
Hikvision is supplying nearly one thousand facial recognition cameras to the Chinese government to be installed at the entrances of…
China expands biometric collection program in Xinjiang
Authorities in China’s Xinjiang region are gathering DNA samples, fingerprints, iris scans and blood types from all residents between ages…
More reports that Hikvision, Nvidia still involved in China ethnic surveillance
There is a new account about how China’s Hikvision biometric surveillance firm continues to specifically target that nation’s Uyghur population…
UN cautions against biometrics in counterterrorism campaigns
A United Nations special rapporteur has voiced grave apprehension about a sharp rise in the use of biometrics, artificial intelligence…
No ISC West for Hikvision, Dahua in wake of ethics violations
The Security Industry Association will not allow surveillance camera and facial recognition providers Dahua and Hikvision exhibit at the upcoming…
China’s political biometric ID surveillance grows in scope and tech
A surveillance systems company unfamiliar outside its native China is coming into view as Beijing pushes biometrics recognition into more…
US blacklists Tiandy Technologies as Intel washes its hands
Tiandy Technologies, one of the largest video surveillance suppliers in the world, joins its surveillance compatriots Dahua and Hikvision on…
