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I'll just leave this here https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-social-credit https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-social-credit

• pc86 8y ago
  A. A dictatorial, totalitarian government rating all its citizens based on opaque criteria and using that to restrict access to essential services, financial support, and general life and liberty. B. A private company scoring its users to combat spam, as all social networks do.
  • _bxg1 8y ago
    It's a short hop to banks (also private companies!) asking Facebook for those numbers, and it's not a stretch for the government to do the same.
    • dahdum 8y ago
      I wonder if they will let you advertise to people based on trustworthiness, seems like a metric that would be rather useful for a lot of different scenarios. Also fantastic as a hiring screen.
  • patrickg_zill 8y ago
    To close the loop: government immigration authority claims the right to use your social media accounts as input to determine whether you may enter the country.