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OPLIN 4Cast #619: Your social credit may soon determine...everything
November 7th, 2018

[image: Hands around a piggy bank] In 2014, Chinese government announced
the implementation by 2020 of a national social credit system. Drawing in
diverse data sets (financial credit scores, purchasing activity, court
records, other behavioral information), the planned system will have
objectives to regulate businesses as well as the behavior of citizens. Some
of the early implementations of the system have started to take effect (the
Wall Street Journal reported that the system has generated as many as 7
million punishments
<https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/12/12/chinas-chilling-social-credit-blacklist>),
and we're beginning to see some stories of the impact these blacklists are
having on people's lives. These stories raise comparisons to dystopian
narratives like *1984* and episodes of *Black Mirror* so often it has
become a cliché, but cliché or not, the trends are alarming.

   -
   - Blacklists and redlists: How China’s Social Credit System actually
   works <https://technode.com/2018/10/23/china-social-credit/> [*TechNode*]
   "Many obstacles curb the implementation of a fully-fledged national system,
   including inadequate technology, insular mindsets among government
   ministries that jealously guard their data, and a growing awareness of the
   importance of privacy among China’s educated urban class."
   - China has started ranking citizens with a creepy 'social credit'
   system — here's what you can do wrong, and the embarrassing, demeaning ways
   they can punish you
   <https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4>
   (*Business Insider*) "Like private credit scores, a person's social
   score can move up and down depending on their behavior. The exact
   methodology is a secret — but examples of infractions include bad driving,
   smoking in non-smoking zones, buying too many video games and posting fake
   news online."
   - Spend “frivolously” and be penalized under China’s new social credit
   system
   <https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/11/2/18057450/china-social-credit-score-spend-frivolously-video-games>
   [*Vox*] "Given how interlinked morality, debt, and credit are in the
   United States, some of the concerns about China’s new social credit score
   comes across as disingenuous. Although the system certainly raises alarms —
   Human Rights Watch is concerned about it, after all — the idea that the US
   credit system operates much more equitably is shortsighted."
   - What It's Like To Be On The Blacklist In China's New Social Credit
   System
   <https://www.npr.org/2018/10/31/662696776/what-its-like-to-be-on-the-blacklist-in-chinas-new-social-credit-system>
   [*NPR*] "One morning when Lao Duan was driving through the center of
   town, he discovered another aspect of being on the untrustworthy list. On
   one of the electronic billboards by the side of the road was his face."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Larson, Christina. “Who Needs Democracy When You Have Data
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cph&AN=131153506&site=ehost-live>
   ?” *MIT Technology Review*, vol. 121, no. 5, Sept. 2018, pp. 50–55.
   - Ra, Adam. “Eradication of Dissent: China Shows the Way to Pacify
   Humanity
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=129140695>
   .” *Adbusters*, no. 137, May 2018, p. C35.
   - Stern, Marlow. “‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker on China’s
   ‘Social Credit’ System and the Rise of Trump
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=119170847>
   .” *Daily Beast (New York)*, 27 Oct. 2016, p. 4.

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