Alibaba offered clients facial recognition to identify Uighur people, report reveals
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from on (#5BRQN)
Software could be used to identify videos filmed and uploaded by Uighur person, says IVPM
The Chinese tech company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd offered facial recognition software to clients which can identify the face of a Uighur person, according to a new report.
The US-based surveillance industry research firm IVPM said on Thursday it had found the detection technology in Alibaba's Cloud Shield service, which offers content moderation for websites.
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