Huawei
Huawei is a Chinese telecommunications company. It has close ties to the Chinese military and intelligence, making it a national security threat to foreign countries.[1]
The Trump Administration took several actions to protect U.S. national security from Huawei. In February 2020, the US Department of Justice issued a 16-count indictment against the company, for alleged racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets.[2]
Hawei has been sanctioned by the Trump administration for human rights abuses and mass detention of Uyghurs in Xinjiang gulags.[3][4][5] Huawei tested facial recognition AI capable of recognizing ethnicity-specific features to alert government authorities to members of the ethnic group.[6] Huawei previoulsy was also restricted from doing commerce with U.S. companies due to willful violations of sanctions against the Iranian terrorist sponsor state.
References
- ↑ He, Cathy (July 7, 2019). Huawei Employees Have Deep Links to China’s Military and Intelligence, Study Finds. The Epoch Times. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/chinese-telecommunications-conglomerate-huawei-and-subsidiaries-charged-racketeering
- ↑ Wheeler, Caroline (December 22, 2019). Chinese tech giant Huawei 'helps to persecute Uighurs'.
- ↑ VanderKlippe, Nathan (November 29, 2019). Huawei providing surveillance tech to China's Xinjiang authorities, report finds.
- ↑ Kelly, Laura. "US announces sanctions on Huawei, citing human rights abuses", The Hill, July 15, 2020.
- ↑ Harwell, Drew. "Huawei tested AI software that could recognize Uighur minorities and alert police, report says", The Washington Post, December 8, 2020.