tweeted a University of British Columbia law student on Tuesday, referring to the Keriya Aitika Mosque in China's Xinjiang Region. "By using open sources and satellite imagery," they explained, "we can locate the mosques and check such claims. And whilst 'doing more' should include sanctions against key Chinese officials, the politicians also demanded that U.S. companies stop collaborating with China's surveillance state machine and that U.S. financial institutions stop funding Chinese technology companies, including AI unicorns, whose systems power Xinjiang. "Americans would likely be very troubled, if not outraged," the politicians pointed out, "to learn that their retirement and other investment dollars are funding Chinese companies with links to the Chinese government’s security apparatus and malevolent behavior—links that represent material, asymmetric risks to corporate reputation and share value." Just another week in the life of China's dystopian surveillance state.

Source: Forbes April 06, 2019 09:14 UTC