Millions of Leaked Police Files Detail Suffocating Surveillance of China's Uyghur Minority
Invasive digital monitoring and community informants drive a system all too ready to classify Muslims in Ürümqi as extremists and terrorists.
39 posts found for ‘Uyghur’
Chinese Police Kept Buying Cellebrite Phone Crackers After Company Said It Ended Sales
The Israeli company purportedly left China last year. The subsequent sales of its products there could cloud its impending IPO.
U.N. Power Broker Jeffrey Sachs Took Millions From the UAE to Research “Well-Being”
The happiness project might be easy to dismiss if it didn’t confer legitimacy on a repressive government.
Oracle Executive's Contentious Interview With the Reporter He Sought Dirt On
Executive vice president Ken Glueck defended supplying technology to Chinese authorities and undercut Oracle's own marketing.
U.S. Military Bought Cameras in Violation of America's Own China Sanctions
Purchased camera systems were supposedly made in the U.S. but actually originated from Chinese companies blacklisted for security reasons.
Kids May Be Using Laptops Made With Forced Labor This Fall
The Lenovo computers were manufactured under a Chinese government program to provide cheap labor from persecuted Uyghurs.
How a Chinese Surveillance Broker Became Oracle’s “Partner of the Year”
A network of local resellers helps funnel Oracle technology to the police and military in China.
How Oracle Sells Repression in China
In its bid for TikTok, Oracle was supposed to prevent data from being passed to Chinese police. Instead, it’s been marketing its own software for their surveillance work.
Verizon’s NFL Covid-19 Screening Cameras Are Based on Bad Science and Questionable Chinese Hardware
Verizon’s 5G-powered fever-detecting cameras appear to be sourced from a company under State Department sanctions and probably don’t work.
Films Financed by Steven Mnuchin Were Tailored to Appeal to China
Trump administration officials often criticize Hollywood for appeasing Chinese censors, but the treasury secretary’s voice is conspicuously absent.