Beijing refuses to comment on Griezmann's decision to end his partnership with "Huawei"
Barcelona player Antoine Griezmann.
■ AFP
Yesterday, China refused to comment on the decision of the French international in football, Barcelona player Antoine Griezmann, to end his partnership with Huawei, but it defended the Chinese telecom giant in the face of external "repression".
Yesterday, Griezmann announced an "immediate end to the partnership" with "Huawei", pointing to "strong suspicions that Huawei contributed to the development of the" Uyghur alert "through a facial recognition program designed to alert the police to identify members of the Uyghur minority. Muslim.
Beijing has come under heavy international criticism for its policies in the northwestern Xinjiang region towards the Uyghurs.
Yesterday, the authorities declined to comment on Griezmann’s decision, saying that "the desire of an independent organization to cooperate with whomever it wants is its own matter."
The US-based ABVM Surveillance Research Corporation said in a report last Tuesday that Huawei participated in testing a facial recognition program in China, which could send alerts to the police when the faces of children are identified. The Uyghur minority.
Huawei denied the allegations, saying, "We do not develop algorithms or applications in the field of facial recognition or solutions targeting ethnic groups."
"Our products and solutions comply with industry standards and current laws," she added, noting that Huawei and other Chinese companies have faced unfair persecution abroad.
"The United States attacks Huawei and Chinese telecom companies, claiming that they want to protect national security," she added.
We can clearly say that we believe that the claim of the United States to protect national security does not fully correspond to the facts. ”
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