Amnesty International said in a report released Monday that a number of European companies, including France, the Netherlands and Sweden, have supplied China with surveillance equipment, including facial recognition systems.
In a report released today, Amnesty International says that a number of European companies, including France, the Netherlands and Sweden, have supplied China with surveillance equipment, including facial recognition devices.
The NGO’s latest report notes that China now has more than 200 million cameras, and that the use of facial recognition technology in the interconnection of China’s extensive surveillance systems, such as the Chinese government’s surveillance and crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang under the guise of fighting terrorism, raises the risk of serious human rights abuses.
Members of the human rights group noted that these European companies have been aware of the risks of selling facial recognition technology for four years.
Amnesty International has called for a complete halt to the sale of surveillance-related technology to China.
At the same time, Amnesty International called on the European Union to strengthen legislation to regulate the use of facial recognition technology from a human rights perspective.
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