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China’s ‘Social Credit System’ Sounds Pretty Dystopian, but Are We Far Behind?

April 6, 2018

China’s ‘Social Credit System’ Sounds Pretty Dystopian, but Are We Far Behind? The ACLU declared China’s system “nightmarish,” and it’s not difficult to see why. In its third season, the British science fiction TV series Black Mirror featured an episode called “Nosedive.” The episode, which was co-written by The Office actress Rashida Jones and starred Bryce Howard, depicted a society […]

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Big Brother Arrives: China Bans People With “Bad Social Credit” From Planes, Trains

March 20, 2018

Big Brother Arrives: China Bans People With “Bad Social Credit” From Planes, Trains Two years ago, we reported that various cities throughout China are currently piloting a “social-credit system” that will assign a “personal citizen score” to every single person based on behavior such as spending habits, turnstile violations and filial piety. Hangzhou’s local government […]

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How China’s Social Credit Score Will Shape the “Perfect” Citizen

March 7, 2018

How China’s Social Credit Score Will Shape the “Perfect” Citizen If you have too much debt and bad credit, it may be tough to get credit cards and loans. The idea is that people less likely to pay pack lenders get less credit. Well imagine if there was a social credit system. But it was the government that used it to decide […]

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