China deploys bird-shaped drones to surveil Uyghur populations

Evidence

“Spy doves” are drones designed to look like real birds. These mobile surveillance devices are used by the Chinese state to track and spy on Uyghurs and the general population. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1553

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• SHARE: The spy-dove detail is grimly memorable fodder for anyone covering surveillance tech; a specific person covering China’s Uyghur repression would want it.