China’s Social Credit System

Yesterday, the Vice News, in an investigative piece reported that China is forcing tourists who cross certain borders into Xinjiang, a western region of China to install an Android app that shares their personal information with the authorities. This news com…

BEIJING — Hanging out in China for a couple weeks is an experience. Beijing feels a lot like a Western city: tall buildings, horrid traffic, distinct neighborhoods, lots of money. You come across the full range of people—funny, friendly, officious, nervou…

BEIJING Hanging out in China for a couple weeks is an experience. Beijing feels a lot like a Western city: tall buildings, horrid traffic, distinct neighborhoods, lots of money. You come across the full range of peoplefunny, friendly, officious, nervous, help…

Tourists entering China's Xinjiang region are reportedly being forced to install an app that downloads all of their phone's text messages, contacts, and calendar information and scans the device for files related to Islam. According to a joint report from …

Josh Sigurdson talks with Kingsley Edwards about the recent announcements by Facebook regarding their Libra cryptocurrency which many are projecting will be a digital dollar to Bitcoin’s digital gold.Young people are not buying this desperate move to remain r…

(Fast) It appears other countries besides China are heading toward a bleak dystopian future where a human being is scored by their online activities. Only this time, its a tech company and not a government implementing the social credit score. While not as bl…

The images are astounding: Throngs of people marching, in crowds that seemingly go on forever, spilling through the streets of Hong Kong. But there is something else remarkable about the recent protests in the autonomous Chinese territory. They are the produ…

Skip to comments. Line just went Orwellian on Japanese users with its social credit scoring systemfastcompany.com ^ | 06/27/19 | MICHAEL GROTHAUS Posted on 06/27/2019 7:37:09 PM PDT by ransomnote It appears other countries besides China are heading tow…

It appears other countries besides China are heading toward a bleak dystopian future where a human being is scored by their online activities. Only this time, it’s a tech company and not a government implementing the social credit score. While not as bleak as…

It appears other countries besides China are heading toward a bleak dystopian future where a human being is scored by their online activities. Only this time, it’s a tech company and not a government implementing the social credit score. While not as bleak as…