Not Today Satan :
Please take a look into China’s Social Credit Scores system.. news agencies warned us yrs ago that it's framework sparks severe concerns over pervasive digital surveillance, harsh travel and lifestyle restrictions for low scores, and the blurring lines between legal infractions and personal morality.
Severe Punishments and Blacklists:
Travel Bans: Low-scoring individuals or those placed on disrepute blacklists have been blocked millions of times from purchasing domestic airline tickets and high-speed train passes.
Professional and Public Restrictions: Penalties include bars on holding senior management or executive roles in state-owned enterprises and financial institutions, public shaming campaigns, and restrictions on enrolling children in certain private or higher education schools.
Service Denials: Restrictions can extend to throttling internet connection speeds, denying access to premium hotel accommodations, and blocking purchases of luxury goods.
Overreach and Surveillance Risks:
Vague Behavioral Tracking: Early local pilot programs attempted to dock points for minor non-legal infractions—such as jaywalking, littering, reservation no-shows, or critical online comments—fusing official legal enforcement with subjective moral judgments.
Association Penalties: Observers and early proposals warned of guilt-by-association risks, where an individual's score could be negatively impacted by the dissenting actions or criticisms voiced by their friends and social connections.
Centralized State Control: By combining big data, financial tracking, and administrative enforcement into a unified framework, critics warn the infrastructure creates a powerful mechanism for political compliance and social engineering, despite recent central government efforts to roll back overzealous local scoring pilots.
2026-08-03 17:51:12