Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): The revelation this week of Huawei's role in testing artificial intelligence surveillance technology, which includes a face-scanning camera system that can send an "Uyghur alarm" to police after detecting a member of the group, has sparked an international outcry against one of China's most valuable tech companies.
Washington Post reported that despite the company's claims that it is committed to human rights at the highest level, Huawei has worked with dozens of security contractors to develop surveillance products, some of which are said to be able to identify a person's ethnicity and help suppress potential protests, according to company marketing documents.
The international backlash included a French soccer star, Antoine Griezmann, who publicly ended his work as a Huawei brand ambassador and urged the company to 'condemn this mass repression'.
Meanwhile, Huawei representatives refuted the allegations, saying that the document outlining the "Uyghur alarm", used language that is "completely unacceptable".
"It is not compatible with the values of Huawei... Our technologies are not designed to identify ethnic groups," said a representative.
However, products made by Huawei with four other partner companies were also advertised to have ethnicity-tracking capabilities, according to Chinese language marketing materials posted on a public Huawei website where the material could be downloaded by anyone who registered an account. After Washington Post approached Huawei for comment, the site briefly became inaccessible, and the number of product collaborations detailed on the site had dropped from over 2,000 to 38, after returning.
"We take the allegations in the Washington Post's article very seriously and are investigating the issues raised within," a Huawei spokesperson said in a statement to The Post.
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