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How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China's Surveillance State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Ryan Gallagher
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An american organization founded by tech giants Google and IBM is working with a company that is helping China's authoritarian government conduct mass surveillance against its citizens, The Intercept can reveal.

The OpenPower Foundation — a nonprofit led by Google and IBM executives with the aim of trying to “drive innovation” — has set up a collaboration between IBM, Chinese company Semptian, and U.S. chip manufacturer Xilinx. Together, they have worked to advance a breed of microprocessors that enable computers to analyze vast amounts of data more efficiently.

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Research Article
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 15 , August 2019 , e2
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Copyright © The Authors 2019

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