DNB excludes Chinese manufacturer of surveillance cameras

Hikvision’s cameras, which are also used in Norway to stream sporting events, won’t be used by the Norwegian banking group, which also rules out investing in the company.
by SYNNØVE PRYTZ BERSET, translated by daniel pedersen

This weekend, Norwegian media VG uncovered how streaming platform MyGame uses cameras with artificial intelligence from Chinese manufacturer Hikvision, a company that has been central in China’s surveillance of the Uyghur people – an ethnic minority group living in the northwestern region of China and subject to human rights violations. 

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