Report that the monitoring technology provided free of charge is 'used for monitoring people by the government', the name of the Japanese company is also included in the report
On August 8, 2021, Access Now, a digital rights advocacy group, published a report summarizing the fact that the governments of Latin American countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador are receiving surveillance technology from foreign companies. published. The report includes companies from China and Israel, as well as large Japanese companies.
Surveillance Tech in Latin America
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Surveillance Tech in Latin America: Made Abroad, Deployed at Home
https://www.accessnow.org/surveillance-tech-in-latin-america-made-abroad-deployed-at-home/
Major surveillance firms are'gifting' tools to find a foothold in Latin America --Rest of World
https://restofworld.org/2021/surveillance-latin-america-access-now/
According to Access Now, in Latin American countries, surveillance technology and facial recognition technology, which foreign companies provided cheaply to the government and sometimes free of charge, are used to monitor citizens. Many of these technologies have been introduced in the name of criminal investigation, but it seems that excuses such as prevention of spread of infection may be used after the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection occurs.
Despite much evidence that Latin American governments have unfairly monitored their citizens, people living in these areas are less reluctant to see the proliferation of surveillance technology. I also found that there wasn't. On the contrary, the surveillance system is widely accepted by the public as the cornerstone for a safer future.
For example, in a speech in 2017, João Doria, the mayor of São Paulo, Brazil, said, 'We are aiming to make São Paulo the center of the world, and digital cityization is essential for that. By the end of my term. Sao Paulo will be the most scrutinized city in Latin America. '
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José Renato Laranjeira, head of the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet, a non-profit organization in Brazil, said in a comment in an Access Now report, 'Because of the historically high crime rates in Brazil, Crime prevention efforts are often welcomed by the public. ' Access Now points out that this trend applies not only to Brazil, but to Latin American countries as a whole.
In the report released this time, the companies named by Access Now as 'providing surveillance technology to the governments of Latin American countries' are Hikvision , Dahua , Huawei , ZTE of China, AnyVision and Cellebrite of Israel, There were a total of nine companies: NEC in Japan, IDEMIA in France, and Verint Systems in the United States. Although Cellebrite is an Israeli company, it is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Electronics in Japan.
According to Access Now, the companies mentioned above are offering surveillance technology to the government at a bargain price to win higher contracts in the future or to market their technology to neighboring areas. thing. For example, in 2018, Huawei donated 30 smart cameras to the city of Campinas in the state of São Paulo as a demonstration.
Professor Sina Greitens, who studies trends in surveillance camera technology in China at the University of Texas at Austin, said, 'Companies like Huawei are large-scale projects to develop infrastructure such as 5G, apart from contracts for surveillance technology. I'm also reaching out. '
In a statement released by Access Now, 'The government should ban the use of biometric technology for surveillance purposes and avoid purchasing or introducing technology from companies with poor human rights awareness. , Companies should comply with human rights and accountability standards and publish transparency reports. In addition, the general public and the media should understand the dangers of surveillance technology and be transparent and explain to governments and companies. We need to take responsibility, 'he said, calling on each person to work to prevent the expansion of surveillance technology.
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