{"id":13127,"date":"2019-08-26T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=13127"},"modified":"2019-08-26T11:49:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:49:47","slug":"uh-oh-silicon-valley-is-building-a-chinese-style-social-credit-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/uh-oh-silicon-valley-is-building-a-chinese-style-social-credit-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In China, scoring citizens\u2019 behavior is official government policy. U.S. companies are increasingly doing something similar, outside the law. <\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

FASTCOMPANY<\/strong>, by Mike Elgan — August 26, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you heard about China\u2019s <\/em>social credit system<\/em><\/a>? It\u2019s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward better behavior. The ultimate goal is to \u201callow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step,\u201d according to the Chinese government.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In place since 2014, the social credit system is a work in progress that could evolve by next year into a single, nationwide point system for all Chinese citizens, akin to a financial credit score. It aims to punish for transgressions that can include membership in or support for the Falun Gong or Tibetan Buddhism, failure to pay debts, excessive video gaming, criticizing the government, late payments, failing to sweep the sidewalk in front of your store or house, smoking or playing loud music on trains, jaywalking, and other actions deemed illegal or unacceptable by the Chinese government.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90394048\/uh-oh-silicon-valley-is-building-a-chinese-style-social-credit-system<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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