When John Honovich, a founder of a small publication covering video surveillance technology, researched the world's largest security camera manufacturer, Hikvision, he stumbled upon something startling: its AI-powered system was being used at Mount Tai in Shandong to detect the ethnicity of visitors. IPVM's article, co-authored by Honovich and Charles Rollet, uncovered financial abuses by the leading video survelinence companies - Hikvision and Dahua - in China's Xinjiang province. This has led to pressure for the cameras to be removed, financial institutions distancing themselves and a shift in fortune for the two companies.
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