China's Huawei backtracks after filing for patent to identify Uyghurs
Jan 15, 2021
Washington [US], January 15 : Chinese technology firm Huawei has backtracked on a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system meant to identify Uyghurs in China.
According to a report by CNN, Huawei had filed a patent application saying "identification of pedestrian attributes is very important" in facial recognition technology.