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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system

Have you heard about China’s social credit system? It’s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward better behavior. The ultimate goal is to “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step,” according to the Chinese government.

In place since 2014, the social credit system is a work in progress that could evolve by next year into a single, nationwide point system for all Chinese citizens, akin to a financial credit score. It aims to punish for transgressions that can include membership in or support for the Falun Gong or Tibetan Buddhism, failure to pay debts, excessive video gaming, criticizing the government, late payments, failing to sweep the sidewalk in front of your store or house, smoking or playing loud music on trains, jaywalking, and other actions deemed illegal or unacceptable by the Chinese government.

It can also award points for charitable donations or even taking one’s own parents to the doctor.

Punishments can be harsh, including bans on leaving the country, using public transportation, checking into hotels, hiring for high-visibility jobs, or acceptance of children to private schools. It can also result in slower internet connections and social stigmatization in the form of registration on a public blacklist.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

In other words, discrimination

Anonymous said...

1984

Anonymous said...

There are a couple of Black Mirror episodes that deal with this topic. They don't end well. Scary.

Anonymous said...

They only wish to control the lies and stifle TRUTH

Anonymous said...

Of course, technology is the mark of the beast, you will see soon enough...

Anonymous said...

@2:15 Facebook and Twitter have already proven such

Anonymous said...

Duh
From whom do you think the Chinese Government learned it?

It has Talmudic hatred of Goyim written all over it!

Anonymous said...

The ENTIRE lot should be LOCKED UP for TREASONOUS actions.