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China's plan to organize its society relies on 'big data' to rate everyone
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-plan-to-organize-its-whole-society-around-big-data-a-rating-for-everyone/2016/10/20/1cd0dd9c-9516-11e6-ae9d-0030ac1899cd_story.html
Imagine a world where an authoritarian government monitors
everything you do, amasses huge amounts of data on almost
every interaction you make, and awards you a single score that
measures how "trustworthy" you are. In this world, anything
from defaulting on a loan to criticizing the ruling party,
from running a red light to failing to care for your parents
properly, could cause you to lose points. And in this world,
your score becomes the ultimate truth of who you are --
determining whether you can borrow money, get your children
into the best schools or travel abroad; whether you get a room
in a fancy hotel, a seat in a top restaurant -- or even just
get a date. This is not the dystopian superstate of Steven
Spielberg's "Minority Report," in which all-knowing police
stop crime before it happens. But it could be China by 2020.
It is the scenario contained in China's ambitious plans to
develop a far-reaching social credit system, a plan that the
Communist Party hopes will build a culture of "sincerity" and
a "harmonious socialist society" where "keeping trust is
glorious."
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