The city of Hong Kong has introduced a new hotline that allows citizens to inform on people who act against the National Security Law. According to pro-democracy activists, the move will strengthen communist-style surveillance in the city. The hotline “No matter where you are, your private conversations, business chats, social media posts, or school lectures ...
China is building the largest genetic surveillance system in the world as authorities are collecting blood samples of over 700 million men and boys from across the country. The revelation was made in a report published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). When the DNA database is completed, Chinese authorities will be able to ...
With the Chinese government bringing every aspect of human life under surveillance, it was inevitable that even children would be monitored. In many Chinese schools, technologies like smart uniforms and facial recognition are becoming popular tools to keep track of students and their activities. Smart uniforms Last year, about 11 schools in the southwestern province ...
An exclusive scoop by the news website Axios claims that the Chinese government sought to secure funds from the World Bank for setting up its facial recognition surveillance in Xinjiang. The bank apparently did not clear the funds, thus preventing itself from unknowingly being complicit in China’s human rights violations. Funding Xinjiang surveillance The new ...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to tighten its grip on the lives of its citizens as it introduces newer surveillance mechanisms to keep them under control. In an interview with Bitter Winter, an ex-employee of a state-backed telecommunications company revealed the extent to which the Chinese government is monitoring the communications of the public. ...
As if the Chinese were not satisfied with the current level of surveillance, the CCP is in the process of introducing emotion recognition to countrywide monitoring. As the name suggests, the tech will use millions of cameras spread throughout the nation to scan the faces of people and determine how they feel. Given China’s history ...
In China, Artificial Intelligence is being increasingly used in schools. While AI is said to be helping students perform better academically, some believe that the technology is adding unnecessary stress to the lives of students. AI and schools The Chinese government has apparently poured billions of dollars into the AI school project. It has brought ...
The U.S. government has added 28 Chinese organizations to its “Entity List,” essentially banning them from procuring parts and components from American companies without getting approval from the administration. Among the blacklisted Chinese companies, 20 are government agencies, while the remaining eight are Chinese companies that operate in surveillance and other similar technologies. The blacklisted ...
China’s public surveillance network is one of the most expansive in the world, with the state monitoring its citizens’ movements, communication, and behavior. Unfortunately, several universities and companies in the U.S. are aiding the Chinese government in improving their surveillance and limiting people’s freedoms. According to media reports, American university researchers have written nine academic papers ...
Cloudwalk, a Chinese state-backed AI startup based in Guangzhou, is at the forefront of a very dangerous technology — mass surveillance. Though the company claims that its tech “makes society safer” by helping authorities arrest more criminals, the fact that the system is being implemented in an authoritarian state like China betrays the positive image ...
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