ByteDance, Huawei Aid Beijing’s Oppression in Xinjiang, Report Says

The logo of the social media app TikTok (L) in Paris on Nov. 21, 2019 and a Huawei sign in Zurich on Oct. 15, 2019. Lionel Bonaventure and Stefan Wermuth/AFP via Getty Images

A recent report is shedding light on the roles of Chinese tech giants ByteDance and Huawei in facilitating rights abuses against Muslim minorities in the region of Xinjiang.

A Nov. 28 report by Canberra-based think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), titled “Mapping More of China’s Tech Giants: AI and Surveillance,” warns that many Chinese tech companies aren’t “politically neutral actors.”