China’s Social Credit System

By Daniel Taylor A.I. driven social scores to supplant the Constitution? Professor Larry Backer of Penn State University writes in a 2018 paper that resistance to social credit systems in the West could be dissolved when the masses are socialized as a colle…

SHANGHAIRepresentatives from the Chinese Government were noticeably more open to crypto in generaland Facebook's Libra in particular at the 2019 Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain Conference, the country's only state-sanctified blockchain event this week. The gath…

by: JD Heyes (Natural News) The Chinese government, ever concerned about allowing its people too much leeway or freedom, is set to fully introduce a social credit system by the end of 2020 that assigns a score to each citizen, rewarding or punishing (and sha…

China and Germany couldn't be more different in some central aspects of life, such as personal space and public surveillance. As a Writing and Speaking Fellow at Shanghai's branch of New York University, I have been living there for a year. However, my parent…

I visited Beijing a few weeks back. Chinas capital continues to impress, full of growth and energy. My first trip there was in 1992 to a city more dependent on bicycles and motor scooters than automobiles, and without block after block of gleaming new office…

Skip to comments. The Invisible Shackles of Americas Social Credit Systemhuman events ^ | September 13, 2019 | Bradley Brewer Posted on 09/15/2019 11:20:14 AM PDT by Mount Athos The phrase “social credit system” or “social credit score” is relatively u…

Advertised as the latest tool to give shoppers more convenience, facial recognition comes with deep costs to privacy and security. Indeed, can anyone remember Silicon Valley asking for permission to use your face? Mankind has long feared that some totalitar…

This week government officials are set to come back from their summer recess, and I have heard from a couple different sources that the US Senate in particular is seeking to fast track legislation on Red Flag gun laws as well as a possible ban on private part…

Billionaire financier George Soros believes President Donald Trump will use Chinese tech company Huawei as a bargaining chip to make a deal with China before the 2020 presidential election. Trump might use the ban preventing U.S. companies from doing busines…

Hong Kong (CNN)Throughout history, protesters worldwide have torn down statues of dictators. In Hong Kong, they targeted lamp posts. Two weeks ago, a band of masked protesters dramatically toppledone "smart" sensor-packed lamp post and damaged 19 others -- …