DJI among 8 Chinese groups heading onto U.S. investment blacklist
Drone maker DJI is to be added alongside seven other Chinese companies to an investment blacklist by the U.S. Treasury, due to allegedly being involved in surveillance of Uyghur Muslims in China.
Under the direction of the Biden administration, a group of eight companies based in China will be added to the Treasury's "Chinese military-industrial complex companies" blacklist on Thursday, it is claimed. The measure will effectively prevent U.S. investors from investing in the companies, alongside the existing 60 Chinese firms that already exist on the blacklist.
Two people familiar with the matter say that DJI will be added to the list, as well as Megvii and supercomputer manufacturer Dawning Information Industry, reports the Financial Times. It is plausible that DJI's inclusion is due to providing drones for surveillance efforts, which allegedly includes surveilling detention centers in the Xinjiang region.
Facial recognition firm CloudWalk Technology, cybersecurity firm Xiamen Meiya Pico, Ai company Yitu Technology, cloud computing service Leon Technology, and surveillance system producer NetPosa will also be added to the same blacklist.
The new additions are a continuation of measures by the U.S. government against companies aiding China with its repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities. The group is already on the "entity list" operated by the Commerce Department, barring U.S. firms from exporting to the firms without first acquiring a government license.
The Commerce Department is also thought to be adding a further 16 groups to the entity list on Thursday.
It is unclear how much of an impact the ban will have on DJI's sales in the United States, as it concerns investments rather than a ban on products. Apple is a retailer of DJI hardware, including its $799 Mavic Air 2 drone.
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Under the direction of the Biden administration, a group of eight companies based in China will be added to the Treasury's "Chinese military-industrial complex companies" blacklist on Thursday, it is claimed. The measure will effectively prevent U.S. investors from investing in the companies, alongside the existing 60 Chinese firms that already exist on the blacklist.
Two people familiar with the matter say that DJI will be added to the list, as well as Megvii and supercomputer manufacturer Dawning Information Industry, reports the Financial Times. It is plausible that DJI's inclusion is due to providing drones for surveillance efforts, which allegedly includes surveilling detention centers in the Xinjiang region.
Facial recognition firm CloudWalk Technology, cybersecurity firm Xiamen Meiya Pico, Ai company Yitu Technology, cloud computing service Leon Technology, and surveillance system producer NetPosa will also be added to the same blacklist.
The new additions are a continuation of measures by the U.S. government against companies aiding China with its repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities. The group is already on the "entity list" operated by the Commerce Department, barring U.S. firms from exporting to the firms without first acquiring a government license.
The Commerce Department is also thought to be adding a further 16 groups to the entity list on Thursday.
It is unclear how much of an impact the ban will have on DJI's sales in the United States, as it concerns investments rather than a ban on products. Apple is a retailer of DJI hardware, including its $799 Mavic Air 2 drone.
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By the way, for anyone in the market, spend the extra $200 and get the Air 2s instead of the Air 2. The camera is far superior and the range is better. I have the 2s with smart controller and several batteries. Highly recommended.
US drones have been used in sovereign states for what basically amounts to summary executions.
Drones that were designed to kill. Other drones are designed for reconnaissance.
DJI also makes drones. Even if it wanted to, I doubt they could stop them from being used for certain purposes.
But these look like mere allegations. Not even hard evidence.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/14/22834860/huawei-leaked-documents-xinjiang-region-uyghur-facial-recognition-prisons-surveillance
Hard evidence...
In 2018, a famous Hong Kong singer, Jacky Cheung, had a concert tour in China. Chinese police managed to captured few dozen of fugitives after the show with facial recognition and AI. And China has population of 1.3B people.
The entire Western World is getting tired of China's attempt to change the rules of order to allow the PRC's brand of "authoritarianism".
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/06/30/large-majorities-say-china-does-not-respect-the-personal-freedoms-of-its-people/
So, no, not just the right wing fascists, but most everyone.
Advanced Facial recognition can be used to identify people by ethnicity. Any company worth its salt in the field can do it And the characteristic is a tentpole feature of companies that develop it.
What purchasers do with the technology has little to do with the company that created it.
Btw, Huawei is also developing facial recognition for pigs. I suppose pig privacy advocates will be up in arms if they get wind of that!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/29/leaked-papers-link-xinjiang-crackdown-with-china-leadership
It didn't because the ''hard evidence' is nowhere to be found in either one!
Make an effort to understand: Huawei is not China anymore than Google is the US.
You mean firing rockets into residential areas filled with innocent people and harboring terrorist organizations such as Hamas?