Governance and control

US restricts investment in eight Chinese surveillance-tech firms

The US Treasury prohibited specified securities transactions involving eight Chinese technology firms whose facial-recognition, biometric, tracking, drone, and predictive-policing systems supported surveillance and repression.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM42confidence 94/100

Why it moved the index

The investment restrictions imposed concrete financial constraints on eight firms supplying deployed AI-enabled surveillance and tracking systems, strengthening accountability and limiting capital support. The systems and firms remained operational outside the restricted transactions.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 42 · confidence 94

    New December 2021 binding investment restriction on deployed surveillance-technology suppliers absent from the durable corpus.

    12 Aug 2026