China’s Social Credit System

Beijing has been developing a globally unprecedented plan to give companies and individual people ‘social credit’ scores. (Bloomberg pic) BEIJING: The rollout of China’s controversial corporate “social credit system” is well underway and accelerating, a Euro…

Published: 9:55am, 28 Aug, 2019 Updated: 10:05am, 28 Aug, 2019

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) – The rollout of China’s controversial corporate “social credit system” is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to t…

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China's controversial corporate "social credit system" is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to t…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China’s controversial corporate “social credit system” is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to the plan’s potential …

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China's controversial corporate "social credit system" is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to t…

BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China’s controversial corporate “social credit system” is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to the plan’s potential …

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - The rollout of China's controversial corporate "social credit system" is well under way and accelerating, a European business lobby in the country said on Wednesday, warning that foreign governments need to wake up to t…

In China, a three-digit number between 350 and 950 can determine whether a persons loan application is approved, whether they can travel outside the nations borders, and even whether theyre able to land a date for Friday night. That number is their social cr…

By Mac Slavo Companies in the United States, and more specifically, Silicon Valley, are building a social credit system for individuals.  Much like the social credit system communist China uses to control its population, this authoritarian control is differe…