How American Tech Companies Unwittingly Built China’s Digital Prison

For years, China's digital iron grip has tightened around millions like Yang Guoliang, a farmer trapped in a ruthless network of surveillance and repression powered largely by American technology. The irony is stark: the very tools developed by U.S. companies under the banner of innovation and progress have become the foundation of Beijing's sprawling system to monitor, detain, and silence its own people. Are We Ignoring Our Role in Empowering Authoritarianism? The Associated Press’ deep investigation reveals an uncomfortable truth: companies such as IBM, Dell, Cisco, and Intel knowingly sold sophisticated surveillance technologies to China’s police forces despite clear warnings...