China’s Integrated Joint Operations Platform

The Integrated Joint Operation Program is a predictive policing program being used by China to flag ethnic Uighurs for detention, according to Human Rights Watch. The program collects data and enables identification of candidates in Xinjiang for detention. The program provides information such as name, contact number and also reasons for detention such as international travel, wearing religious clothes, reading the Quran, etc. Other technologies being used in Xinjiang against the Uighurs include iris scanners, facial recognition, AI, etc.

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