recent article at the dispatch seems to definitely agree that there is in fact such a thing as a China social credit score.
"Beijing’s social credit score regime exemplifies the nation’s cultural shaping operations. Here, the CCP leverages wide-scale surveillance and data collection to check citizen’s economic, social, political, and online habits to incentivize “good” behavior and constrain “bad” behavior. If you advance the party’s priorities, your social score goes up—giving you greater freedom of movement and increased access to benefits like public services and travel. If you engage in unapproved behaviors, however, you may not be allowed to apply for certain jobs or to leave your hometown. "
As far as surveillance here, I think we need legislation now (and maybe a constitutional amendment) prohibiting government use of facial recognition technology. I would also ban the use of license plate readers and other forms of mass citizen tracking by government.
Importantly, I would also ban the government buying that data from private companies, to get around this prohibition.
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recent article at the dispatch seems to definitely agree that there is in fact such a thing as a China social credit score.
"Beijing’s social credit score regime exemplifies the nation’s cultural shaping operations. Here, the CCP leverages wide-scale surveillance and data collection to check citizen’s economic, social, political, and online habits to incentivize “good” behavior and constrain “bad” behavior. If you advance the party’s priorities, your social score goes up—giving you greater freedom of movement and increased access to benefits like public services and travel. If you engage in unapproved behaviors, however, you may not be allowed to apply for certain jobs or to leave your hometown. "
https://current.thedispatch.com/p/china-doesnt-want-to-watch-you-dance?s=r
As far as surveillance here, I think we need legislation now (and maybe a constitutional amendment) prohibiting government use of facial recognition technology. I would also ban the use of license plate readers and other forms of mass citizen tracking by government.
Importantly, I would also ban the government buying that data from private companies, to get around this prohibition.
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