Eight Chinese tech firms placed on US Entity List for their role in human rights violations against Muslim minority groups

Eight Chinese tech firms, including SenseTime and Megvii, have been added to the U.S. government Entity List for their role in enabling human rights violations against Muslim minority groups in China, including the Uighurs. The firms were among 28 total organizations, mostly Chinese government agencies, that were implicated "in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs and other members of Muslim minority groups" in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, according to an announcement by the U.S. Commerce Department. Being placed on the Entity List means these organizations must apply for additional licenses in order to purchase products from U.S. suppliers.