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Chinese big tech companies are using Zimbabwe as a large research laboratory to develop facial recognition that will help them identify and track black people, The Financial Times reported Monday.<\/p>\n

ZTE and other Chinese tech\u00a0behemoths<\/a>\u00a0are shaping the United Nations\u2019s architectural standards for facial recognition technology,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to leaked documents FT obtained. The standard will reportedly help China\u2019s tech industry open up new markets in the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s tech titans are proposing new standards inside the United Nations\u2019s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for facial recognition, video monitoring, and vehicle surveillance, among other cutting edge tech developments.<\/p>\n

Such standards are often accepted by Africa and other developing nations that lack resources, experts say.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfrican states tend to go along with what is being put forward by China and the ITU as they don\u2019t have the resources to develop standards themselves,\u201d Richard Wingfield, head of legal at Global Partners Digital, told reporters.<\/p>\n

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Chinese big tech companies are using Zimbabwe as a large research laboratory to develop facial recognition that will help them identify and track black people, The Financial Times reported Monday. ZTE and other Chinese tech\u00a0behemoths\u00a0are shaping the United Nations\u2019s architectural standards for facial recognition technology,\u00a0according\u00a0to leaked documents FT obtained. 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