Two Australian Universities are conducting a review after Australian television program ‘Four Corners’ reported their links to a Chinese surveillance technology company also responsible for ‘racially profiling’ Uyghurs in Western China.
University of Technology Sydney is reportedly in a research cooperation with Chinese tech company, CETC and a Curtin University academic has also worked with the company to develop better identification of ethnic minorities using artificial intelligence.
Director of Human Rights Watch Australia, Elaine Pearson , said she believes no Australian university should be collaborating with a Chinese company that is building tools of repression in China.