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 with Hikvision facial recognition systems using Nvidia chips.

IPVM, a trade publication covering surveillance systems, says (subscription required and recommended) it has an 85-page signed $6 million contract for hardware and software to be deployed in Chengmai County, Hainan Province.

Hikvision has claimed that any reference to or capability for monitoring Uyghurs in its software was stripped in 2018. Executives …

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