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"At the center of his anti-China argument was the concept of a centralized database of personal information called a "social credit system." While Soros acknow
by _bxg1 8y ago
"At the center of his anti-China argument was the concept of a centralized database of personal information called a "social credit system."
While Soros acknowledged that such a set-up doesn't yet exist..."
But it does in China, right? I've read many articles about it and I could swear they weren't just future-looking.
- howlingfantods 8y agoThere's currently no one 'social credit score' in China. There's some local government pilots and some private enterprise "credit scores." The ones you hear about often are stuff like Alipay's Sesame Credit, which gives you a score based on your activities in Alibaba's app ecosystem. Currently, Sesame credit is pretty harmless, and gives you discounts on online orders or financial products if your score is good. The danger is that the national government will soon get its ducks in order and hoover all this data into one overarching national credit score and use that to police behavior.
- _bxg1 8y agoI guess the main thing I've heard about is the debtor-shaming. But I've also heard of people being restricted from social services like transport based on random stuff like not exercising enough (as tracked by a smartwatch). Maybe that was just hearsay.
- c1sc0 8y agoI’ve seen the debtor shaming first hand. Access to transport & payment is getting harder and harder without a mobile phone.
- tallanvor 8y agoWell, there's the one that blocks people from flying or even taking trains.
- coldtea 8y agoOr it's a pilot program is some province where 0.01% of Chinese live and the reports make it like it's everywhere...
- throwaway-fut 8y agoSo like a Chinese “No Fly List?”
- _bxg1 8y agoExcept instead of applying to known terrorists or criminals, it applies to people who posted something the government doesn't like on social media, or have been unemployed for too long.
- powerapple 8y agoThat's when you are sued in court for refusing to pay back money you owe to another person or company. Then your access to 'luxury' lifestyle is limited, flight, high speed rails, and five star hotels are included in those limitations.