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French soccer star Antoine Griezmann announced that he is ending his partnership with Chinese telecommunications company Huawei after the company reportedly worked with authorities to monitor the Uyghur minority using facial recognition technology.
« After strong suspicions that Huawei helped develop a ‘Uyghur alarm’ with the help of facial recognition software, I announce that I will end my partnership with this company, » said the FC Barcelona footballer in a statement on his Company Instagram page.
« I also take this opportunity to call Huawei not only to deny these allegations, but to take concrete action as soon as possible to condemn this mass repression and use its influence to ensure human rights and human rights are respected of women in society, « he added.
On Tuesday, an investigation by the Washington Post and IPVM found a confidential document hidden on Huawei’s European website containing test results for « basic functions », one of which was labeled a « Uighur warning ». ”
Huawei denied the report’s allegations on the grounds that it was merely a test and saw no practical application, and Huawei operates in compliance with the laws and regulations of all countries and regions in which we operate are. « Use of this software is legal in China, according to the IPVM.
Griezmann’s stance follows the steps of German soccer player Mesut Özil, who also condemned China’s treatment of Uighur minorities in an Instagram statement in December 2019 in which he was removed from Chinese computer games.
Griezmann himself was the subject of controversy in 2017 after posting a picture of himself in black. After Griezmann had initially told the critics to « calm down », he deleted the post and apologized.
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