Tech used at Uighur detention camps watches over London boroughs

At least 28 councils own technology made by Hikvision, a company linked to the ethnic cleansing in China

18 February 2021 - 21:02 By Avi Asher-Schapiro

At least half of London’s boroughs have bought and deployed China-made surveillance systems linked to the abuse of Uighurs, according to data exclusively given to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, raising alarm among privacy advocates and lawmakers...

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