China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
A leaked list of over 2,000 detainees from Aksu prefecture provided to Human Rights Watch is further evidence of China’s use of technology in its repression of Muslim population.
Human Rights Watch first reported big data program, the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP), in February 2018, and “revised engineered” the IJOP mobile apps in May 2019. IJOP System assists officials in selecting targets.
“Predictive policing’ platforms are really just a pseudo scientific fig lead for the Chinese government to justify vast representation of Turkic Muslims,” senior China research Maya Wong said. “The Chinese government should immediately shut down the IJOP, delete all data it has collected, and release everyone arbitrarily detained in Xinjiang.”
Source: Human Rights Watch #Dec09
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/09/china-big-data-program-targets-xinjiangs-muslims
#Xinjiang #China #BigData #IJOP #HumanRights
A leaked list of over 2,000 detainees from Aksu prefecture provided to Human Rights Watch is further evidence of China’s use of technology in its repression of Muslim population.
Human Rights Watch first reported big data program, the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP), in February 2018, and “revised engineered” the IJOP mobile apps in May 2019. IJOP System assists officials in selecting targets.
“Predictive policing’ platforms are really just a pseudo scientific fig lead for the Chinese government to justify vast representation of Turkic Muslims,” senior China research Maya Wong said. “The Chinese government should immediately shut down the IJOP, delete all data it has collected, and release everyone arbitrarily detained in Xinjiang.”
Source: Human Rights Watch #Dec09
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/09/china-big-data-program-targets-xinjiangs-muslims
#Xinjiang #China #BigData #IJOP #HumanRights