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Amsterdam replacing Chinese CCTV & traffic cameras over spying, human rights concerns

The municipality of Amsterdam will stop the use of cameras made in China due to concerns about human rights and espionage, said Alderman Alexander Scholtes, who handles issues related to the city's information and communications technology policy. The Chinese cameras are expected to be phased out within five years, Scholtes wrote in a letter to City Council on Monday.Currently, 1,280 Chinese cameras are in use in Amsterdam for various "municipal tasks," such as surveillance cameras or cameras mo...

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