MP: ‘China could use state snooper scheme to crack down on churches’

Posted at The Christian Institute:

An MP has warned that China could use controversial facial recognition software to crack down on its citizens’ religious freedom.

Jim Shannon informed fellow MPs that China could use its massive network of CCTV cameras and software to “suppress people’s right to practise their religion”.

China’s high-tech facial recognition cameras allow state officials to monitor their citizens as part of a controversial Social Credit System (SCS).

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