Huawei, Hikvision, Dahua face lawsuit for role in Uyghur biometric surveillance
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) – an international organization defending the interest of Uyghur people in and out of China…
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St. Petersburg plans to introduce ethnicity recognition to monitor migrants
The Russian city of St. Petersburg plans to equip 8,000 cameras with ethnicity recognition capabilities to monitor its migrant population,…
Overcoming barriers Australia’s Digital ID Bill imposes on proof of Aboriginality
It’s been broadly discussed that Australia’s pending Digital ID Bill will have implications for how finance, business, and travel are…
Tiny US surveillance firm accused of rebranding Dahua for local sales
The U.S. government has charged a New Jersey company with supplying local agencies with Chinese AI surveillance cameras that are…
Chinese biometric surveillance developers Nuctech, Hikvision under scrutiny again
Chinese surveillance equipment maker Nuctech, which has been blacklisted in the U.S. and restricted in the European Union, is attracting…
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…
Facial recognition powers domestic operations for China’s growing surveillance state
So far, protesters calling for change in the Chinese government have yet to face the tanks and guns that were…
Surprises in China’s ongoing biometric surveillance of its Uyghurs
Chinese surveillance system maker Dahua is responding to an industry trade publication that allegedly found evidence Dahua systems are at…
Hikvision security camera deployments come under scrutiny in New Zealand
The use of Hikvision security cameras is being reviewed by some organizations in New Zealand, following the UK recently rolling…
‘Digital asbestos’: UK government departments are rolling back on contracts with Hikvision
Campaigners are increasing the pressure for the UK government to take action on Chinese state-affiliated surveillance equipment suppliers such as…
