Cisco in China scandal

Falungong members are suing Cisco Systems for custom-building “Golden Shield” internet technology used by China to track down devotees of the spiritual movement. Cisco dismissed the case on Monday as being without basis and vowed to “vigorously defend” itself. A lawsuit filed in US federal court in the northern California city of San Jose calls for the computer networking gear giant to pay damages and stop helping China find Falungong supporters. Cisco “designed, supplied and helped maintain a censorship and surveillance network known as Golden Shield” used by Chinese officials to identify Falungong practitioners who were detained, tortured and sometimes killed, a lawyer for the group said in court documents filed last week. More…

News selected by Covalence | Country: China | Company: Cisco | Source: AFP