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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 [[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>

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 communist]] 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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