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Alogrithms of repression: how reverse engineering a Chinese policing app gave us a glimpse inside Xinjiang's hyper-surveillance system: hrw.org/video-photos/i…
Used more electricity than usual? That's a flag for investigation 
Buying gas while Uighur? That's suspicious too
Phone went off the grid? Officials will want to log the reason
The app is part of the "Integrated Joint Operations Platform" at the heart of China's surveillance machine in Xinjiang, where some 1 million Uighurs have been detained for "re-education". @hrw senior researcher @wang_maya explains: hrw.org/news/2019/05/0…
For more detailed insight into state-of-the-art algorithmic authoritarianism, read the full report here: hrw.org/report/2019/05…
