Hikvision Increased Lobbying Efforts With $3.89M Spending In 2022 On Public Affairs

Hikvision had already spent $17+millions of dollars on lobbying in the United States.

In 2022, Hikvision's increased spending with PR/Media Relations firm, BCW, to its highest levels to date – $3.89M:

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Activities from BCW for Hikvision include to: "Advise on public affairs and policy issues, strategic planning and guidance":

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The most recent BCW disclosure from 2H2022, also notes "Media Outreach" to industry trade publications: Steve Karantzoulidis of SSI, Joel Griffen, formerly of Security Info Watch, and Eduard Kovas of Security Week:

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Also reached out to the Atlantic reporter who did the story on IPVM - The Tech Site That Took On China’s Surveillance State - The Atlantic, excerpt below:

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$3.89 million is less than what Motorola wrote a check to Marco Rubio for.

Why are we not covering that?

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That's not true. You can criticize me, Motorola, Rubio, whoever, but you cannot state false things.

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