US tech giants enabled China’s surveillance of Tibetans and Uyghurs: AP report

7 months ago

Tsering Dhundup

DHARAMSHALA, Sep 12: A new investigation has revealed that leading American technology companies played a pivotal role in building China’s surveillance state, supplying billions of dollars’ worth of equipment and software later used in mass repression of Tibetans and Uyghurs.

The Associated Press (AP) investigation drew on leaked emails, confidential documents, Chinese-language marketing materials, and over 100 insider interviews found that US corporations were far more deeply involved in Beijing’s surveillance apparatus than previously known. 

Despite repeated wa...

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