By AFP
Publication Date: 2026-04-28 19:14:00
The US Supreme Court heard a bid by Cisco on Tuesday to toss out a lawsuit that alleges the US tech giant should be held liable for persecution in China of the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
The case stems from a 2011 suit filed by a dozen Chinese nationals and a US citizen who claim Cisco designed an internet surveillance and censorship network called “Golden Shield” that was used by the Chinese government to track down Falun Gong devotees.
The California-based computer networking giant rejects the accusations that it “aided and abetted” human rights abuses against members of the Falun Gong, which has been banned in China since 1999.
“Cisco vigorously disputes those allegations,” Kannon Shanmugam, a lawyer for the company told the justices during the Supreme Court session.
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