Hikvision is facing growing criticism over its human rights abuse record from the halls of the UK and EU Parliaments to a Danish pension fund and Canadian politics.
And now Hikvision is facing rising pressure outside the US, presenting a long-term risk that other governments eventually take up similar actions as the US government took against the firm.
In this post, we examine these latest developments.
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