Africa: China exports $2 billion in surveillance technology, spreading its digital authoritarianism model across the continent.Chinese tech giants Huawei, Hikvision, and Dahua dominate Africa's security market with "smart city" packages — facial recognition systems, AI-powered cameras, internet monitoring software, and biometric identification tools.These technologies are actively used by authoritarian regimes for:Tracking opposition politicians and activistsIdentifying protest participants for post-event repressionBlocking independent news sites and social mediaBuilding social credit-style systems (Rwanda and others)What is marketed as "security infrastructure" functions as instruments for suppressing opposition, controlling civil society, and restricting fundamental freedoms.https://newsgroup.site/afrika-kitai-eksportuye-tekhnolohiyi-sterezhennya-2-milyardy/#China #Africa #Surveillance #DigitalAuthoritarianism #HumanRights #Huawei
