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> [..] some of China’s top artificial intelligence startups, punishing Beijing for its treatment of Muslim minorities [..]

> The decision, which drew a sharp rebuke from Beijing, targets 20 Chinese public security bureaus and eight companies including video surveillance firm Hikvision, as well as leaders in facial recognition technology SenseTime Group Ltd and Megvii Technology Ltd.

So Chinese palantirs get blacklisted, boo-f-hoo.

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I'm confused what point you're making, here? Not trying to be rude, I'm just unsure of your position. Are you implying this wasn't 'punishment' over China's treatment of Muslims? Or something else? Or am I misreading completely?

They likely mean since the list of blacklisted startups heavily (?) features surveillance companies, this whole situation is no big loss to anyone (presumbaly, the regular westerners as well as Chinese citizenry) as surveillance = absence of privacy = Orwellian = no bueno.

Ahh, now I understand. That's the more sensible interpretation. Thanks.

It's exactly as the sibling comment explains: no big loss to humanity.

Hikvision is not remotely related to what Palantir does.

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