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sl8

(13,787 posts) Sun Apr 8, 2018, 10:18 AM Apr 2018

China has started ranking citizens with a creepy 'social credit' system ...

From http://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4?r=UK&IR=T

China has started ranking citizens with a creepy 'social credit' system — here's what you can do wrong, and the embarrassing, demeaning ways they can punish you

Alexandra Ma
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An internet cafe in Wuhan, China. REUTERS/Stringer

The Chinese state is setting up a vast ranking system system that will monitor the behaviour of its enormous population, and rank them all based on their "social credit."

The "social credit system," first announced in 2014, aims to reinforce the idea that "keeping trust is glorious and breaking trust is disgraceful," according to a government document.

The program is due to be fully operational by 2020, but is being piloted for millions of people already. The scheme is mandatory.

At the moment the system is piecemeal — some are run by city councils, others are scored by private tech platforms which hold personal data.

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Fullduplexxx

(7,864 posts)

1. A number to show how valuable to society you are

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Sun Apr 8, 2018, 10:30 AM

Apr 2018

CanonRay

(14,104 posts)

2. Orwell would have put this in his book

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Sun Apr 8, 2018, 10:42 AM

Apr 2018

CabalPowered

(12,690 posts)

3. Extremely creepy but

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Sun Apr 8, 2018, 11:02 AM

Apr 2018

Having lived in China.. it may be the only way to police a population of that size. There is virtually no law enforcement, other than things can be easily automated. In areas where there is adequate law enforcement, corruption is rampant, and at every level. There are only a few things that will land you in jail..

Brazen corruption at a high level
Murder
Espionage
Drug trafficking
Political dissent

In effect, there is no disincentive to curb most common crimes.

ecstatic

(32,710 posts)

4. Anyone with Netflix, check out Black Mirror, the episode

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Sun Apr 8, 2018, 11:05 AM

Apr 2018

called "Nose Dive." Each episode is self contained, so you can watch any episode

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

5. Ty for heads up on that....

Reply to ecstatic (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 11:17 AM

Apr 2018

I had read a very long well written article about that a few weeks ago. "shudder"

We are gonna get teh same thing here if we don't stop the creepy autocratic plans.

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)

6. It's fucking crazy how close to reality some Black Mirror episodes get. n/t

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Sun Apr 8, 2018, 11:19 AM

Apr 2018

Cirque du So-What

(25,941 posts)

7. I thought of that episode

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Sun Apr 8, 2018, 11:51 AM

Apr 2018

before I even opened this thread.

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)

8. Eek!

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Sun Apr 8, 2018, 11:54 PM

Apr 2018

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roamer65

(36,745 posts)

9. This is what happens when humans overpopulate the planet.

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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 12:14 AM

Apr 2018

Each human life becomes more expendable and systems like this one will become more common and draconian as resources dwindle.

Soylent Green is people.

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