STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Hikvision began as an entity of China, and its largest shareholder remains the state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), a defense-industrial firm
• Hikvision receives generous support from China’s Communist leaders, allowing the company to offer low prices and expand abroad rapidly, outpacing much of its competition
• Hikvision cameras are used to surveil prisoners in “re-education” camps in China’s Xinjiang region, raising significant human rights concerns
• In the U.S., federal agencies were ordered by Congress to remove Hikvision cameras by August 2019 due to national security concerns
• Concerns have been raised that the Hikvision devices may have features, such as microphones, that can be turned on remotely, allowing them to relay information back to China’https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/07/05/china-hikvision-cameras.aspx?ui=5a05e186fc85b30f55c28204f849862c04192d97b134e516f76782809875c086&sd=20211124&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2HL&cid=20220705_HL2&mid=DM1199435&rid=1539231601