News Summary

• An AP investigation published this month revealed that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state.
• Firms including IBM, Dell, and Cisco sold billions in technology to Chinese police and government agencies, despite repeated warnings that such tools were being used to quash dissent, persecute religious sects and target minorities.
• Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri told AP he wanted to summon tech companies before Congress to address how their technology exports were used.
• “I think eventually we’re going to have to subpoena these people,” Hawley said.