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Hawei has been sanctioned by the [[Trump administration]] for [[human rights]] abuses and mass detention of [[Uyghur]]s in [[Xinjiang]] [[gulag]]s.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Wheeler |first=Caroline |date=December 22, 2019 |title=Chinese tech giant Huawei 'helps to persecute Uighurs' |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-tech-giant-huawei-helps-to-persecute-uighurs-7dfcb56nw |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511163329/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-tech-giant-huawei-helps-to-persecute-uighurs-7dfcb56nw |archive-date=11 May 2020 |access-date=|website=The Times}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=VanderKlippe |first=Nathan |date=November 29, 2019 |title=Huawei providing surveillance tech to China's Xinjiang authorities, report finds |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huawei-providing-surveillance-tech-to-chinas-xinjiang-authorities/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202033810/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huawei-providing-surveillance-tech-to-chinas-xinjiang-authorities/ |archive-date=2 December 2019 |access-date= |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Laura |last2=Mills Rodrigo |first2=Chris |date=July 15, 2020 |title=US announces sanctions on Huawei, citing human rights abuses |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/507443-us-announces-sanctions-on-huawei-citing-human-rights-abuses |access-date=July 15, 2020}}</ref> Huawei tested facial recognition [[AI]] capable of recognizing ethnicity-specific features to alert government authorities to members of the ethnic group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harwell |first=Drew |last2=Dou |first2=Eva |date=December 8, 2020 |title=Huawei tested AI software that could recognize Uighur minorities and alert police, report says |work=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/08/huawei-tested-ai-software-that-could-recognize-uighur-minorities-alert-police-report-says |access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>  Huawei previoulsy was also restricted from doing commerce with U.S. companies due to willful violations of sanctions against the [[Iran]]ian terrorist sponsor state.  

Hawei has been sanctioned by the [[Trump administration]] for [[human rights]] abuses and mass detention of [[Uyghur]]s in [[Xinjiang]] [[gulag]]s.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Wheeler |first=Caroline |date=December 22, 2019 |title=Chinese tech giant Huawei 'helps to persecute Uighurs' |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-tech-giant-huawei-helps-to-persecute-uighurs-7dfcb56nw |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511163329/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chinese-tech-giant-huawei-helps-to-persecute-uighurs-7dfcb56nw |archive-date=11 May 2020 |access-date=|website=The Times}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=VanderKlippe |first=Nathan |date=November 29, 2019 |title=Huawei providing surveillance tech to China's Xinjiang authorities, report finds |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huawei-providing-surveillance-tech-to-chinas-xinjiang-authorities/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202033810/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huawei-providing-surveillance-tech-to-chinas-xinjiang-authorities/ |archive-date=2 December 2019 |access-date= |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Laura |last2=Mills Rodrigo |first2=Chris |date=July 15, 2020 |title=US announces sanctions on Huawei, citing human rights abuses |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/507443-us-announces-sanctions-on-huawei-citing-human-rights-abuses |access-date=July 15, 2020}}</ref> Huawei tested facial recognition [[AI]] capable of recognizing ethnicity-specific features to alert government authorities to members of the ethnic group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harwell |first=Drew |last2=Dou |first2=Eva |date=December 8, 2020 |title=Huawei tested AI software that could recognize Uighur minorities and alert police, report says |work=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/08/huawei-tested-ai-software-that-could-recognize-uighur-minorities-alert-police-report-says |access-date=December 19, 2020}}</ref>  Huawei previoulsy was also restricted from doing commerce with U.S. companies due to willful violations of sanctions against the [[Iran]]ian terrorist sponsor state.  

In 2019, Huawei hired Chris Fonzone’s firm, Sidley Austin LLP, to assist in navigating the Trump administration's crackdown on the company for its ties to the Chinese regime and military. In June 2020 the [[Pentagon]] determined that Huawei is primarily backed by the [[Chinese military]]. In 2021 the CCP-controlled [[Biden junta]] appointed Fonzone as general counsel for the [[DNI|Office of the Director of National Intelligence]] (ODNI).<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/senate-confirms-huawei-linked-lobbyist-to-intel-post/</ref>

In 2019, Huawei hired Chris Fonzone’s firm, Sidley Austin LLP, to [[lobby]] in navigating the Trump administration's crackdown on the company for its ties to the Chinese regime and military. In June 2020 the [[Pentagon]] determined that Huawei is primarily backed by the [[Chinese military]]. In 2021 the CCP-controlled [[Biden junta]] appointed Fonzone as general counsel for the [[DNI|Office of the Director of National Intelligence]] (ODNI).<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/senate-confirms-huawei-linked-lobbyist-to-intel-post/</ref>

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