Axis CEO Touted Tiananmen Square Cameras Sale In 2010, Says Likely Make Different Decision Today

Published Oct 11, 2021 12:29 PM

In 2010, while growing rapidly in the PRC, Axis' CEO touted over 70 Axis cameras deployed in Tiananmen Square, boasting that the same government which massacred students in 1989 chose Axis for its "very good picture quality".

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Axis CEO Ray Mauritsson told Swedish media, at that time, that "we do not sit down to judge any country" when asked about the human rights risks of selling to PRC authorities. Simultaneously, Axis' then-communications manager mused that "Tibetan monks can set up cameras themselves so they can see when the [PRC] military arrives".

However, in response to IPVM questions now, Axis emphasized the "human rights perspective is becoming increasingly more important for us", it is "likely that we would make different decisions today than we did back in 2010," though they declined to definitively say whether they would permit a Tiananmen Square sale today.

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**** ******** **** **** **** ****** the **** **** *****. "We ** *** *** **** ** ***** *** *******. ** **** ** *********** ** *********** *** *** ********* *** *** *******," says Ray Mauritsson. He believes that all products can be abused. "If *** ****** * *****, ** *** ** ******* ** ******. We do not take responsibility for how the customer uses our equipment. We just want to provide more efficient technology than what China uses today," says Ray Mauritsson.

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*** ****** ** *** ******* *** referdon’t ****** ********* *** ***** ************ **** *** ********. At any rate, the ******* ** ** ***** *** and a lot has happened in the world since then, for instance in the areas of export legislation and corporate responsibility. While it’s very difficult for us to have full knowledge of how all end users use our products, we have taken several steps forward during the last decade within corporate responsibility, relating to how our technology is used. This includes export ******* **********, ********* ********* ** *********, ********* ** ********* *** ****** ******** **** *********. But we acknowledge there is more that can be done, and we are closely monitoring initiatives such as the upcoming EU legislation on human rights due diligence and how that can be implemented throughout our value chain.

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Comments (6)
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Undisclosed #1
Oct 11, 2021
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John Honovich
Oct 11, 2021
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Oct 11, 2021
IPVMU Certified

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2
Oct 11, 2021

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*****, **** * **** ** *** and ******* **** ** ** ** a ************. **** ***** ** * disty, *** ***** ***** ** ** SI, ** *** ** **** *******. Export **********, ******???, **** ***** ********* have ***** ******* **** **** ** order ** **** ******* *** ** but *** *** ********* *** ** strict ** *** **. ******** **** depends ** ************, ******* ******. ****, Axis **** *****'* **** ** *** US. ** *** *** ** *** day, **** ********* *** ** **** to ***** ********.

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Brian Karas
Oct 11, 2021
Pelican Zero

*** *****, ********* ****** ** ***** less

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Mark Palka
Oct 11, 2021
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...****** **** *** ****** *** *** "very **** ******* *******":

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