US supreme court ends lawsuit alleging Cisco helped China pursue Falun Gong

AI Summary

The US Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit claiming Cisco Systems developed technology used by China to surveil and persecute Falun Gong members. The ruling limits the scope of the Alien Tort Statute, restricting corporate liability for human rights abuses committed abroad.

Suit ⁠alleged California-based company developed technology that allowed China to surveil members of movement ⁠The US supreme court further limited the reach of a federal law used to hold corporations liable for human rights abuses committed abroad, as it issued a ruling on Tuesday ending a lawsuit by ⁠members of the Falun Gong ⁠movement accusing Cisco Systems ​of facilitating religious persecution in China. The justices reversed a lower court’s decision that had breathed new life into the 2011 lawsuit, which was brought under the Alien Tort Statute of 1789. The suit ⁠had alleged that Cisco knowingly developed technology that allowed China’s government to surveil and persecute Falun Gong members. Continue reading...