Alibaba denies using facial recognition tech to identify Uighurs
Alibaba says the technology was only used in testing with archived software showing it can identify whether the subject is ‘ethnic’ and, specifically, ‘Is it Uighur’
17 December 2020 - 12:40
Shanghai — Technology giant Alibaba Group Holding has facial recognition technology that can specifically pick out members of China’s Uighur minority, surveillance industry researcher IPVM has said in a report.
The report comes as human rights groups accuse China of forcing more than 1-million Muslim Uighurs into labour camps, and calls out firms suspected of complicity...
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