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A report by the Institute of Development Studies documents how 11 African governments have spent over $2 billion on Chinese-built AI-powered surveillance systems (facial recognition, CCTV, biometric tracking) that lack legal frameworks and are being used to suppress political dissent, monitor activists, and crack down on protests despite no evidence of crime reduction.
mass-surveillance
facial-recognition
ai-surveillance
human-rights
china-technology
privacy-violation
government-surveillance
africa
biometric-tracking
cctv-systems
surveillance-regulation
activist-monitoring
protest-suppression
Institute of Development Studies
African Digital Rights Network
Cipesa
Wairagala Wakabi
Bulelani Jili
Georgetown University
Yosr Jouini
Nigeria
Egypt
Algeria
Uganda
Kenya
Lagos State Government