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Surveilling Vulnerable Communities · Hindsight | Envisioning

Hindsight
Future Today Strategy Group
Tech Trends Report
2021
Claim

Surveilling Vulnerable Communities

Published 2021-03

Publishers Forecast vs actual Side by side

China deployed facial recognition software to identify Uighurs in Western China.

Verdict

fadedNot listed again within the publisher's next two editions, nor later (D33).

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

In our research

SubstrateAI-Powered Urban Surveillance and Smart City Exportbroader
WintermuteChinese AI Surveillance Systemsnarrower

All captured fields

rank: 112
section: Scoring & Recognition
subsection: Recognition
subject: Surveilling Vulnerable Communities
page: 104
confidence: high

Permalink

https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/ftsg-tech-trends-2021-112

Cite

Hindsight, claim ftsg-tech-trends-2021-112, faded as of 2026-10-03. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/ftsg-tech-trends-2021-112

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