Google has removed negative reviews from its Play Store for a tracking device that has been linked to forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region..
The device, called the U-Box, is manufactured by a Chinese company called Shenzhen Yunmai Technology. The U-Box is a small, portable device that can be used to track people’s movements. It has been marketed as a personal safety device, but it has also been used by the Chinese government to track and detain Uyghur Muslims..
In December 2022, a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) found that the U-Box was being used by the Chinese government to track and detain Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. The report also found that the U-Box was being manufactured using forced labor..
Following the release of the ASPI report, Google removed all negative reviews of the U-Box from its Play Store. This decision has been met with criticism from human rights groups, who say that Google is helping to cover up the Chinese government’s human rights abuses..
Google has defended its decision to remove the negative reviews, saying that it is .
