Topic: Uighur
The situation of the Uighurs highlights severe issues of censorship and surveillance, particularly by the Chinese government and tech companies that comply with its demands. Reports reveal the use of advanced surveillance technologies to monitor Uighurs, alongside efforts to suppress information and dissent, raising significant concerns about privacy and free expression. The actions of companies like Apple and TikTok further illustrate the complicity of Big Tech in enabling state-sponsored oppression.
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Huawei’s patent mentions use of Uighur-detecting surveillance
Proposed technology can detect people’s ethnicity from a distance, and raises several human rights concerns.
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Former Chinese official ran TikTok’s content policy, report says
This was as the app was going global.
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Chinese government bans journalists from reporting on Disney’s Mulan as the movie faces backlash
Parts of the movie were filmed in Xinjiang.
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Apple bans Hong Kong protest safety app and is accused of “sucking up to China”
Hong Kong protestors and residents used the app to avoid conflict and areas that local police had marked as “illegal…
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Apple attacks Google report on iPhone exploit, ignores China involvement and human rights violations
Apple has long been accused of cozying up to the Chinese government.