{"id":153730,"date":"2021-01-13T21:15:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/surveillance-group-exposes-huawei-patent-for-ai-powered-uighur-detection\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T21:15:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:15:33","slug":"surveillance-group-exposes-huawei-patent-for-ai-powered-uighur-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surveillance-group-exposes-huawei-patent-for-ai-powered-uighur-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"#Surveillance group exposes Huawei patent for AI-powered Uighur detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a993099b81\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surveillance-group-exposes-huawei-patent-for-ai-powered-uighur-detection\/#Huaweis_%E2%80%98target_object_patent\" >Huawei\u2019s \u2018target object\u2019 patent<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/surveillance-group-exposes-huawei-patent-for-ai-powered-uighur-detection\/#Beyond_Huawei\" >Beyond Huawei<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Surveillance group exposes Huawei patent for AI-powered Uighur detection<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Untitled-design-2021-01-13T145309.087-796x417.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                                A\u00a0Huawei patent that mentions AI-powered identification of Uighur people and other ethnic groups has been discovered.<\/p>\n<p>The patent was exposed\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ipvm.com\/reports\/patents-uyghur\">by video surveillance research group IPVM<\/a>, the same organization that had previously spotted references\u00a0to an AI \u201cUighur alarm\u201d on Huawei\u2018s website, as well as evidence that Alibaba had offered \u201cUighur-detection-as-a-service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>IPVM also recently <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ipvm.com\/reports\/ethnicity-analytics\">found 12 government projects<\/a> from the last few years that mandate Uighur analytics across the country.\u00a0These show that the persecution of the Muslim minority group spreads way beyond the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in north-western China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/sep\/24\/china-imprisoning-uighurs-satellite-images-xinjiang\">Satellite images<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/program\/newsfeed\/2020\/2\/24\/leaked-document-shows-how-uighurs-are-detained-in-china\">leaked documents<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/12\/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji\">personal accounts<\/a> of former detainees of<span>\u00a0\u201cre-education\u201d camps depict a range of systematic human rights violations in the country that are being turbocharged by tech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0<span>How Netflix shapes mainstream culture, explained by data<\/span>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>IVPM\u2019s latest report adds further evidence of the prevalence of one of the most egregious examples: \u201cethnicity detection\u201d software.<\/p>\n<p>The group revealed that Huawei, facial recognition firm\u00a0<span>Megvii, and several other Chinese tech firms have filed patents\u00a0\u201cfor various devices and systems that include Uighur\u00a0and ethnic minority detection.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Huaweis_%E2%80%98target_object_patent\"><\/span>Huawei\u2019s \u2018target object\u2019 patent<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Huawei patent describes AI techniques for identifying pedestrians by attributes including \u201crace (Han [China\u2019s biggest ethnic group], Uighur).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was originally filed in July 2018 by Huawei and the Chinese Academy of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s (CAS).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Patenting Uyghur Tracking - Huawei, More\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JhsWO6hcVKY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nHuawei told IVPM that the Uighur detection\u00a0\u201cshould never have become part of the [patent] <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication\u201d and that the firm is \u201ctaking proactive steps to amend\u201d it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beyond_Huawei\"><\/span>Beyond Huawei<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>IPVM also flagged patents filed by Megvii and AI giant SenseTime for\u00a0systems capable of recognizing Uighurs. Megvii <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-55634388\">told the BBC<\/a> it would \u201cwithdraw\u201d the patent.<\/p>\n<p>SenseTime said its patent was \u201cregrettable\u201d and that the firm would \u201cupdate\u201d it \u201cat the next available opportunity on record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IPVM further revealed patents filed by Chinese tech firms Alibaba and Baibu that mention classification by ethnicity, although neither refers specifically to Uighurs.<\/p>\n<p>Alibaba told IVPM that \u201cethnic discrimination\u2026 violates our policies and values, while Huawei\u00a0said it had \u201cnever developed or permitted its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to profile any ethnic group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This collection of patents alongside further systems exposed by\u00a0IPVM show that the development of ethnicity detection AI in China goes way beyond one company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\">\n                                    Published January 13, 2021 \u2014 18:15 UTC\n                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=378011798897423&amp;version=v2.6\" id=\"socialSrcFacebook\" type=\"text\/template\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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