Beijing’s repressive use of surveillance technology threatens not only the fundamental freedoms of its detainees, but that of individuals across the globe. China has deployed surveillance technology in Xinjiang to track the Muslim population’s every move. By reverse-engineering the IJOP application Chinese police use to track Uighurs, Human Rights Watch found that even innocuous actions like leaving one’s home via the back door rather than the front are deemed suspicious. In other words, the Chinese government is using surveillance technology to equip other bad actors, as well as to collect intelligence for its own gains. At a recent event hosted by The Heritage Foundation, Heritage analysts released a new paper laying out a roadmap to respond to the crisis in Xinjiang.

Source: Forbes June 18, 2019 17:15 UTC