The United States is blacklisting a group of Chinese tech companies that develop facial recognition and other artificial intelligence technology that the U.S. says is being used to repress China's Muslim minority groups. The blacklist effectively bars U.S. firms from selling technology to the Chinese companies without government approval. The blacklisted companies include Hikvision and Dahua, both of which are global providers of video surveillance technology. Prominent Chinese AI firms such as Sense Time, Megvii and iFlytek are also on the list. The detentions come on top of harsh travel restrictions and a massive surveillance network equipped with facial recognition technology.

Source: ABC News October 07, 2019 23:37 UTC