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"rate its citizens": The 'that black mirror episode!' clickbait "The Chinese government plans to launch its Social Credit System in 2020. The aim? To judge the
by pszndr 9y ago
"rate its citizens": The 'that black mirror episode!' clickbait
"The Chinese government plans to launch its Social Credit System in 2020. The aim? To judge the trustworthiness – or otherwise – of its 1.3 billion residents": The more accurate subtitle, which you can now see since you gave us your click. Gotcha!
Credit rating is nothing new, be it for people, corporations or even countries.
- gaius 9y agoCredit rating is nothing new, be it for people, corporations or even countries See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songbun https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songbun
- nielsbot 9y agoI learned something. Thanks. Was there a similar system in East Germany and elsewhere or is this uniquely North Korean?
- leggomylibro 9y agoTrue, but you don't get dings to your credit rating for insulting the current regime. Yet.
- astebbin 9y agoThis is much, much more than a credit score, and it is disingenuous to claim otherwise. FTA: “Friends matter, too. The fifth category is interpersonal relationships. What does their choice of online friends and their interactions say about the person being assessed? Sharing what Sesame Credit refers to as "positive energy" online, nice messages about the government or how well the country's economy is doing, will make your score go up.”
- LoSboccacc 9y agothe goal is to promote isolating and ostracizing dissidents since having one in your circles influences your rating... the goal basically is self censorship at massicve scale and unprecedented granularity. stop circulating certain ideas even offline.