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Home | ALL NEWS | WORLD | China’s New ‘Social Credit System’ Is A Dystopian Nightmare

China’s New ‘Social Credit System’ Is A Dystopian Nightmare

May 23, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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China’s New ‘Social Credit System’ Is A Dystopian Nightmare

The latest on this front comes from a New York Post article by Steven W. Mosher:

Imagine calling a friend. Only instead of hearing a ring tone you hear a police siren, and then a voice intoning, “Be careful in your dealings with this person.”

Would that put a damper on your relationship? It’s supposed to.

Welcome to life in China’s “Social Credit System,” where a low score can ruin your life in more ways than one.

Say you arrive at the Beijing airport, intending to catch a flight to Canton 1,200 miles south. The clerk at the ticket counter turns you away because — you guessed it — your social credit score is too low.

Say you arrive at the Beijing airport, intending to catch a flight to Canton 1,200 miles south. The clerk at the ticket counter turns you away because — you guessed it — your social credit score is too low.

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, China, Dictatorships, Spying and Privacy

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