China's Mass Surveillance More Sophisticated Than Thought -- Isn't it awesome?
Dear readers, Here is the link to the original article from Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-01/alibaba-backed-face-scans-show-big-tech-ties-to-china-s-xinjiang To summarize the content: The US based human rights watchdogs found that police use mobile app to track citizens in Xinjiang China. This mobile app uses facial recognition and big data technology to flag suspicious behaviors related to terrorism. Adding to what previously identified re-education camp, the US State Department says this is a massive violation of human rights and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo urged corporate America to think twice before doing business in there. Who are you trying to fool here? The Chinese or the rest of the world? I would argue that even American people would find this accusation laughable. The author of the original article is Blake Schmidt, a Hong Kong based Bloomberg journalist. He might be a smart guy (which I do not know). However, for an ed