Amusingly, most reporting on the Chinese "social credit system" is based on uncritically repeating Chinese government propaganda about how capable it's going to

Amusingly, most reporting on the Chinese "social credit system" is based on uncritically repeating Chinese government propaganda about how capable it's going to be. It was originally planned to launch in 2020, but that hasn't happened so far. If it ever does launch, you shouldn't be surprised if it is not nearly as powerful as people have claimed it to be.