Supreme Court Considers Cisco's 'Aid to Torture' Appeal
According to The Hill, the 2011 lawsuit claims Cisco’s products aided the Chinese government in torturing and detaining Falun Gong members. While American companies are quick to decry 'authoritarianism' when it suits geopolitical aims, the actual enabling of such acts by U.S. corporations often receives a tepid shrug, if not outright legal defense. One might wonder if the outrage machine only
gears up when the victims aren't politically inconvenient. (Imagine if Cisco had built the Berlin Wall's surveillance system.) This isn't about Silicon Valley's 'oopsie.' This is about a systemic willingness to profit from repression, then leverage high-priced legal teams to avoid accountability. The same moral compass that points to 'human rights' in adversaries often spins wildly when profits
are involved. Yet, mainstream media will frame this as a nuanced legal battle, not a corporate complicity saga. Convenient, isn't it?