China’s Alibaba ‘dismayed’ by Uighur facial-recognition software


Chinese tech giant Alibaba says it is ‘dismayed to learn’ that its cloud computing unit has developed a face-recognition software feature that could be used to identify members of China’s Muslim Uighur minority. – EPA pic, December 18, 2020.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sought to distance itself from a face-recognition software feature devised by its cloud computing unit that could help users to identify members of the country’s Muslim Uighur minority.

A report this week revealing the software feature made Alibaba, one of the world’s most valuable companies, the latest Chinese corporate entity embroiled in the controversy over China’s treatment of Uighurs.


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