China ranks 'good' and 'bad' citizens with 'social credit' system

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In China, where millions of people have their faces scanned on a daily basis, authorities are developing a so-called "social credit" system. Citizens’ behavior is monitored and scrutinised – they are given scores and ranked according to rules set by the government. "Model" citizens enjoy perks such as reduced bus fares, but those with low scores lose certain rights and are blacklisted. Our colleagues from France 2 report, with FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell.

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[jyc]

"WE DONT HAVE A CHOICE." Line that gets me the most.

[justinbmw]

This is the single most terrifying thing I've ever seen.

[cosmopx]

Remember that they can't say anything bad about the system so these are not their real opinion about it

[Necronlord]

The moment you realize they all just praise the system because they know their answers are gonna influence their social score gives this the last touch of scariness. They are completely controlled, poor them.

[ronv]

These people are being treated as pets and don't even realize it!! The more well behaved you are, the more treats you get. If you disobey, you're punished. Frightening!

[MehrunesKar]

By punishing “untrustworthy” citizens by banning them to buy tickets to public transport is like confiscating books from a bad student and expect him to be better after that…

[immobileaf]

John Xina has like 10 billion credit score

[holdupwaitaminute.]

"This isn't freedom, this is fear."
~Steve Rogers~

[yodrewtube]

If anyone in this interview said anything bad about the system they would be in a lot of trouble. No Free Speech, no free actions, no free living. You can see they’re all frightened to speak their mind. This is horrible!

[citronovastava]

*This.Is.Insane. We have to fight for freedom, always. The most sad part is, that many people agree with this horrible system*

[kogamaandrers]

This is just like George Orwell's 1984. It's scary

[gamebros]

This is like black mirror meets animal farm meets brave new world meets 1984.

[diamondblack]

"Forces us to well behave"
Forces you into compliance.

[bougnaw]

What a cruel system! These people are viewed as commodities not humans.

[outsidetesseract]

"praising the party or giving blood increases you social credit"
Wrong chess move, the vampires have given their position away.

[work]

Seeing how they said only good things about this system in front of a camera says it all.

[craezyfx]

Me and the boys on our social credit grind 😎 💪

[nomansson]

You do have a choice. Work together and take down the government. This is disgusting

[allanbaligcasan]

Modern slaves. Monitored and controlled.

[samizm]

This is where we’re heading.
It’s August 2021 and we’re still in lockdown. The streets are quiet, no one is outside, businesses have closed except for the major ones. People are slowly divided vaxxed/unvaxxed. Police are slowly becoming an enemy. The world we once knew is lost. I am in Australia.