Big Brother Watch Calls For UK Ban of Dahua and Hikvision
Privacy group Big Brother Watch is calling for Hikvision and Dahua to be fully banned from the UK, part of a new report titled "Who's Watching You? The Dominance of Chinese state-owned CCTV in the UK".
The report reveals that one UK council with a significant Muslim population - Tower Hamlets in London - "made a conscious decision" not to procure "Hikvision and other Chinese CCTV" over human rights.
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Hikvision, ***** ********
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***** **** **** ***** **** ***'* methodology (****** *** *** ** ****** data ** ******** ****** **********) ***** with *** "**************" *** "********" ********:
********, *** *** ******* ***** ****** uses * ******* *********** ** ******** the ********** ** **** ******* ** the ** **** *** ************ ** Chinese *********. **** ******** **********-***** **** collection *******, **** ** ******** ** Things ******* ******, ***** ******** *** objectivity *** ******* ** ********. **** with **** ******* ***********, *** ****** estimates **** ******* ************* ******* *** ‘thousands’ ***** ‘********’ ** *******. *** on **** * *** ****** ****** to **** **‘* ********* *** ***** ******** ** British **** *******’. **** ************** ******** ** ********** of *** ****** ******* ** *** report, ***** ******* ** ** ******* on ******* ******** ***** ***** ******* technology *********.
***** ********* **** *** *********** ** the ****** *** "*******" *** "**********" and **** ***** *** "*** **** involved ******** ** ********** ** ********* human ****** ********** ** *** ******* in ***** ** *******":
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**** ******* ***** **** *** *************, we **** ****** ** **** *******.
*** ** *** ***** ** **** the ***** ****** ******.
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*** ***'* **** ****** **** **** all *** ***********?