UK Local Authorities Remove Hikvision, Cite Risk 'Data Fed Back To CCP'

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Charles Rollet

02/21/23 02:01pm

Just last week, UK police in Wales decided to drop Hikvision. Now, local authorities (Councils) in the UK county of Kent have began removing Hikvision, the BBC reports:

Some of Kent's councils have said they will stop using CCTV cameras made by a company which has links to the Chinese government.

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