Sesame Credit: China's Orwellian & Huxlean Gamification

[elfismiles]

China rates its own citizens - including online behaviour
'The most staggering, publicly announced, scaled use of big data I've ever seen'
artikel The Chinese government is currently implementing a nationwide electronic system, called the Social Credit System, attributing to each of its 1,3 billion citizens a score for his or her behavior. The system will be based on various criteria, ranging from financial credibility and criminal record to social media behavior. From 2020 onwards each adult citizen should, besides his identity card, have such a credit code.
Door: Fokke Obbema, Marije Vlaskamp, Michael Persson 25 april 2015, 09:00
http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/chi ... ~a3979668/

China’s Nightmarish Citizen Scores Are a Warning For Americans
By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
October 5, 2015
https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-future/c ... -americans

In China, Your Credit Score Is Now Affected By Your Political Opinions – And Your Friends’ Political Opinions
Posted on October 3, 2015 by Rick Falkvinge
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/b ... -opinions/

China Just Launched the Most Frightening Game Ever — and Soon It Will Be Mandatory
Claire Bernish / December 21, 2015
http://theantimedia.org/china-just-laun ... mandatory/

Orwell's Nightmare Is Here - China Just 'Gamified' Obedience To The State (And Soon It'll Be Mandatory)
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-2 ... e-mandator


Coming to America? China Introduces ‘Credit Score’ For Obedient Citizens
Social isolation for people who express controversial opinions or dissent
Paul Joseph Watson - December 23, 2015
http://www.infowars.com/coming-to-ameri ... -citizens/

[Luther Blissett]

To be jingoistically honest, I am even more scared of the Chinese populace than I am of the US populace. And that takes a hell of lot. But the small number of Chinese national students I have met have even Trump beaten when it comes to what I fear most.

Our students here from China (and India) are incredible and brilliant. Scary in that they are "better" students and know written English better than their American classmates, but overall just great to work with.

Politically and socially, I think I know what you mean, but I don't really have a handle on that or my experience doesn't reflect that. Granted, my population sample is probably skewed way lefty.

[Grizzly]

The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pu ... story.html

FRESNO, Calif. — While officers raced to a recent 911 call about a man threatening his ex-girlfriend, a police operator in headquarters consulted software that scored the suspect’s potential for violence the way a bank might run a credit report.

The program scoured billions of data points, including arrest reports, property records, commercial databases, deep Web searches and the man’s social- media postings. It calculated his threat level as the highest of three color-coded scores: a bright red warning.

[Grizzly]

Shanghai Says People Who Fail to Visit Parents Will Have Credit Scores Lowered

http://m.english.caixin.com/m/2016-04-1 ... l0LmNvbS8=

[Grizzly]

Make Algorithms Accountable | "Credit agencies use them to determine our credit scores. And the criminal justice system is increasingly using algorithms to predict a defendant’s future criminality." [x-post /r/privacy] (nytimes.com)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/01/opini ... table.html

[elfismiles]

New Terrifying ‘Social Credit System’ Of China Will Ban People With Poor Credit From Taking Planes And Trains
By Divyansh - March 17, 2018
https://buggyapp.com/2018/03/17/new-ter ... nd-trains/

Brave New World: China's shocking social credit system (Video)
By Elizabeth Trethowan, 6:34am Mar 19, 2018
https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/03/ ... ing-system


Chinese citizens can lose credit for honking, or not visiting their parents. (9NEWS)

China to ban citizens with bad 'social credit' rating from taking flights or using trains for up to a year
President Xi Jinping's plan based on principle 'once untrustworthy, always restricted' to come into effect on 1 May
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 60941.html

China to bar people with bad ‘social credit’ from planes, trains
Passengers who cause trouble on flights, as well as those who use expired tickets or smoke on trains, are among the people facing restrictions under China's social credit system.
Mar 19, 2018 1:21pm
http://www.ejinsight.com/20180319-china ... es-trains/



Black Mirror’s Scary “Social Credit Score” Is Becoming A Reality In China
It's actually older than Black Mirror!
March 19, 2018
https://fossbytes.com/china-social-cred ... le-rating/


Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens
The Chinese government plans to launch its Social Credit System in 2020. The aim? To judge the trustworthiness – or otherwise – of its 1.3 billion residents
By Rachel Botsman, Saturday 21 October 2017
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/chinese- ... y-invasion

China Banning People From Transit for Bad "Social Credit" Scores

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Buhli5MYk

Sesame Credit: China's Creepy New Social Engineering Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcEUVDe38Ec