Hikvision Violates Pledge, Ethnic Minority Analytics In Latest Platform
Hikvision's latest software includes ethnic minority detection technology, despite claiming for years that it had stopped supporting this oppressive technology.
This is part of a pattern of Hikvision offering tools that persecute PRC ethnic minorities: Hikvision's Minority Analytics, Hikvision Uyghur Recognition, NVIDIA-Powered, Sold To PRC China Authorities, and Hikvision Markets Uyghur Ethnicity Analytics, Now Covers Up.
Hikvision deleted the evidence off its website shortly after IPVM reached out for comment. The company did not respond to comment requests.
In this post, IPVM examines this finding and its impact.
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