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USA: New Jersey bought China surveillance technology using COVID relief funds

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Subject: USA: New Jersey bought China surveillance technology using COVID relief funds
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:35:01 +0100
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by: A. Filip - Thu, 4 Jan 2024 11:35 UTC

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/01/03/2154220/new-jersey-used-covid-relief-funds-to-buy-banned-chinese-surveillance-cameras
> New Jersey Used COVID Relief Funds To Buy Banned Chinese Surveillance Cameras (404media.co) 19
> Wednesday January 03, 2024 @05:30PM
>
> A federal criminal complaint has revealed that state and local
> agencies in New Jersey bought millions of dollars worth of banned
> Chinese surveillance cameras [A]. The cameras were purchased from a local
> company that *rebranded* the banned equipment made by Dahua Technology,
> a company that has been implicated in the surveillance of the Uyghur
> people in Xinjiang. According to 404 Media, "At least $15 million of
> the equipment was bought using federal COVID relief funds." […]
> [A] https://www.404media.co/new-jersey-used-covid-relief-funds-to-buy-banned-dahua-chinese-surveillance-cameras/

Translated: It wasn't banned based on what it does. It was banned based
on who produced it.

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