These Chinese firms were blacklisted for Uighur oppression. Now they want to sell COVID-19 surveillance tools to the West.
Get the Full StoryREUTERS Lucy NicholsonChinese companies blacklisted by the US for their involvement in Uighur oppression are rapidly expanding to sell COVID-19 surveillance tech, a report from Top10VPN shows.
The companies are touting thermal screening and facial recognition technologies, and are finding customers in Western countries including Amazon.
"It is important that governments around the world understand that behind the COVID-19 surveillance tools that they buy from these companies are millions of Uighurs who provided the data on which aspects of these products were built," an expert on Uighur issues told Business Insider.
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A group of major Chinese companies blacklisted by the US for building tech used to oppress and surveil Uighur Muslim people in China has been building out surveillance tech to track COVID-19.
A new report by Top10VPN outlines the questionable tech companies which have adapted to sell COVID-19 surveillance tech during the pandemic. On that list are a number of prominent Chinese companies that were placed on a US trade blacklist last year for building out surveillance networks in Xinjiang, a northwestern region in China where more than 1 million Uighur Muslims have been placed in detention centers.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why Pikes Peak is the most dangerous racetrack in AmericaSee Also:Elon Musk called for the breakup of Amazon, escalating his fight with Jeff Bezos. Here's a history of the Tesla billionaire's weirdest beefs.5G conspiracy theorists are hiding razors and needles as booby traps for telecoms engineersA tiny Irish drone startup is delivering emergency cake, pizza, and medical supplies to Moneygall, the ancestral home of Barack ObamaSEE ALSO: Amazon workers slammed the company for supporting the George Floyd protesters while still flogging surveillance tech to police
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