Beijing uses Hikvision analytics system to monitor Uyghurs
Beijing uses Hikvision analytics system to monitor Uyghurs
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The Chinese government has been discovered to be quietly using a controversial system developed by Hikvision to identify Uyghur people, raising concerns about the nature of ethnic surveillance in China.
An 85-page procurement document obtained and verified by video research company IPVM showed that Chinese authorities awarded a USD 6 million contract to state-controlled video surveillance company Hikvision to identify Uyghurs.ย
Hikvision's system is powered by US technology company NVIDIA.
The Chinese government has been orchestrating the mass detention of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities since 2014, in an apparent attempt to eradicate their people and culture.
โ April 2023. Axios reported that an internal review of Hikvision's contracts with authorities in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang by US lawyer Richard-Pierre Prosper had discovered five projects, including one that identified Uyghurs as the focus of surveillance called for the surveillance of their 'religious facilities.' Hikvision had first denied and subsequently admitted the existence of its minority recognition software, claiming it had been removed.ย
โ October 2023. IPVM discovered that Hikvision's latest technologies includes ethnic minority detection technology, despite its claims to have stopped supporting it.
Operator: Government of China
Developer: China Electronics Technology Group/Hikvision; NVIDIA
Country: China
Sector: Govt - police; Govt - security
Purpose: Population surveillance and security
Technology: Facial analysis
Issue: Accuracy/reliability; Bias/discrimination; Privacy; Surveillance; Transparency
Research, advocacy ๐งฎ
Research, advocacy ๐งฎ
International Campaign for Tibet (2018). Developing technological totalitarianism in Tibet: Huawei and Hikvision
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Type: Issue
Published: July 2023
Last updated: August 2024
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