{"id":45999,"date":"2019-05-08T05:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45999"},"modified":"2019-05-08T05:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T10:06:05","slug":"chinas-big-brother-social-control-goes-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=45999","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Big Brother Social Control Goes to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/02\/06\/Instagram-phone-app-hand-700x420.jpg\" alt=\"A woman looking at social networking apps Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp, Twitter, Messenger, and Linkedin on a smartphone in Kuala Lumpur in a file photo. (MANAN VATSYAYANA\/AFP\/Getty Images)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A woman looking at social networking apps Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp, Twitter, Messenger, and Linkedin on a smartphone in Kuala Lumpur in a file photo. (MANAN VATSYAYANA\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinas-big-brother-social-control-goes-to-australia_2898104.html\">China\u2019s Big Brother Social Control Goes to Australia<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia is preparing to debut its version of the Chinese regime\u2019s high-tech system for monitoring and controlling its citizens. The launch, to take place in the northern city of Darwin, will include systems to monitor people\u2019s activity via their cell phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new system is based on monitoring programs in Shenzhen, China, where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is testing its Social Credit System. Officials on the Darwin council traveled to Shenzhen, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnews.com.au\/news\/council-to-return-to-shenzhen-for-final-assessments-as-smart-city-project-comes-to-an-end\/news-story\/06de2544dd5238fb4edeeb9d5e88139c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NT News,<\/a>&nbsp;to \u201chave a chance to see exactly how their Smart Technology works prior to being fully rolled out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Darwin, they\u2019ve already constructed \u201cpoles, fitted with speakers, cameras and Wi-Fi,\u201d according to NT News, to monitor people, their movements around the city, the websites they visit, and what apps they use. The monitoring will be done mainly by artificial intelligence, but will alert authorities based on set triggers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as in China, the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\">surveillance<\/a>\u00a0system is being branded as a \u201csmart city\u201d program, and while Australian officials claim its operations are benign, they\u2019ve announced it functions to monitor cell phone activity and \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ntnews.com.au\/news\/darwin-to-build-future-on-smart-technology-based-on-cities-in-china-and-taiwan\/news-story\/2b72d3fcd22839d5c83a07515c77e49d\" target=\"_blank\">virtual fences<\/a>\u201d that will trigger alerts if people cross them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll be getting sent an alarm saying, \u2018There\u2019s a person in this area that you\u2019ve put a virtual fence around.\u2019 \u2026 Boom, an alert goes out to whatever authority, whether it\u2019s us or police to say \u2018look at camera five,\u2019\u201d said Josh Sattler, the Darwin council\u2019s general manager for innovation, growth, and development services, according to NT News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nature of the \u201cvirtual fences\u201d and what type of activity will sound an alarm still isn\u2019t being made clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman looking at social networking apps Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp, Twitter, Messenger, and Linkedin on a smartphone in Kuala Lumpur in a file photo. (MANAN VATSYAYANA\/AFP\/Getty Images) China\u2019s Big Brother Social Control Goes to Australia Australia is preparing to debut its version of the Chinese regime\u2019s high-tech system for monitoring and controlling its citizens. 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