China’s Social Credit System

The value of informational privacy has long ceased to be seen merely in the protection or exercise of individual autonomy.  Already in the early 1980s, the German Federal Court pointed out that the political autonomy of citizens in exercising their democratic…

A Bloomberg Newsreport on Sunday described how Communist China uses its social credit system to control not just citizens but corporations and not just domestic companies, but foreign companies seeking to do business in China as well. Nervous foreign busine…

China Railway Construction Corp. deployed thousands of workers over four years to build part of a coal-carrying line from Inner Mongolia to Jiangxi province –- about the same distance as midtown Manhattan to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The project c…

Authored by Robert Gore at Straight Line Logic, At the end of 1984, Slavery is Freedom, two plus two equals five, and Winston Smith loves Big Brother. The Party has destroyed Smiths mind, he embraces whatever narratives it promulgates. The fictive Party has …

Authored by Daniel Taylor via OldThinkerNews.com, Its not just a social credit score system spreading around the world from China that threatens the free people of the world; Indias Aadhaar National ID program has the full support of Bill Gates and the World…

We live in an age when technology is worshiped. Entrepreneurs who create technologies that transform our lives become billionaires, seemingly overnight. Companies that do not adopt new technologies or adapt to their use quickly enough are put out of business.…

China has been ranked as the world's number one 'Big Brother' state in its use of biometric data by a new study. The country has built a massive database with personal information belonging to residents and tourists using state surveillance empowered by arti…

Skip to comments. Our Principles, Not Our Technology, Keep Us Prosperous and FreeTownhall.com ^ | December 5, 2019 | Laura Hollis Posted on 12/05/2019 5:06:52 AM PST by Kaslin We live in an age when technology is worshipped. Entrepreneurs who create te…

America, home of the brave, land of the free, is watching. Tens of millions of cameras are watching people across the country. By 2022, the total number of cameras in the world could reach 45 billion. The global video surveillance industry is forecast to rea…

As reported in a November 12, 2019, Financial Times article,1 dozens of popular health websites are tracking, storing and sharing your personal data, including WebMD (the leading health website) and Healthline (currently the third most popular health site2). …