It sounds like something out of Black Mirror, but the early rollout of a “social credit” scoring system in China is very real and having a very negative impact for what’s reported to be millions of people. The new system, which gives the Chinese government a way to keep even closer tabs on its 1.3 billion citizens by tracking and, in a way, rating their behavior, is already effectively blocking tons of people from booking flights and train rides.
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A dystopian human scoring system in China is blocking people from booking flights originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 23:07:16 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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