The UK is facing “Huawei-level decisions on a range of security measures,” Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Monday as she and a number of MPs called for tighter rules around public procurement. The government “took too long” to strip Huawei—a Chinese telecommunications giant—from the UK’s 5G network, the Conservative MP said…

Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision has activated alarms to aid the Chinese regime in tracking protesters and Falun Gong adherents, according to the latest report from Pennsylvania-based video surveillance information company IPVM. Protest activities subjected to alarm include “gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places,” “unlawful assembly, procession, demonstration,” and threats to “petition,” among…

The UK’s upper house of Parliament on Wednesday pushed a number of new amendments to legislation in a bid to buttress the UK’s public supply chain against human rights abusers and national security threats. During the third reading of the Procurement Bill, the House of Lords voted to pass an amendment targeting forced organ harvesting by…

The UK’s government departments has been told to stop installing surveillance cameras made by Chinese companies and advised to replace existing ones, a Cabinet minister said on Thursday. In a written statement to Parliament, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden, who oversees Cabinet Office policies, said the decision was made “in light of the…

At least 11 British police forces are using surveillance cameras made by Chinese state-controlled company Hikvision, a survey has found. Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson on Monday published the initial analysis of a police survey, saying that almost a third of respondents confirmed they were using Hikvision cameras. Conor Healy, director of government research at security…

On the eve of the 73rd anniversary National Day in Communist China, a total of nine British human rights organizations, including Hongkongers in Britain, Global Alliance for Tibet and Persecuted Minorities, and Stop Uyghur Genocide, wrote to the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss. The organizations urged the British government to pay heed to the threats…

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Chinese intelligence gathering in the United States takes many forms and has different purposes. Most Americans are familiar with some of their means and tactics, but not with how widespread and persistent they are. Americans may know about the malware contained in that infernal TikTok app that their children use. They…

Researchers recently spotlighted an interrogation solution developed by Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision that integrates face recognition cameras that identify prisoners with behavior analysis techniques. Pennsylvania-based video surveillance information company IPVM reported on July 19 that the Hikvision solution is designed to enhance and record interrogation sessions, monitor prisoners’ vital signs under intensive supervision, and…

Commentary London is a city synonymous with so many things: bad weather, great music, mediocre food, a colorful prime minister, Buckingham Palace, and cameras. Yes, cameras. More specifically, surveillance cameras supplied by companies with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Of course, one cannot discuss surveillance without discussing Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher…

Allowing Chinese surveillance companies to operate in the UK is akin to installing “digital asbestos” that puts civil liberties at risk, warned the government’s Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Fraser Sampson, who is reviewing the country’s human rights and security issues. Sampson said on Tuesday that allowing China’s controversial CCTV makers and operators Hikvision and Dahua to…