Title: China’s social credit system spreads to more daily transactions
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China’s social credit system spreads to more daily transactions
Jack Karsten
Senior Research Analyst, Center for Technology Innovation - The Brookings Institution
Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director - Governance Studies
Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation
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Jack Karsten and Darrell M. West Monday, June 18, 2018
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In May, enforcement of China’s social credit system spread to the travel industry, restricting millions of Chinese citizens with low social credit scores from purchasing plane and train tickets. China has stated that all 1.35 billion of its citizens will be subject to its social credit system by 2020, and travel restrictions for low-scoring citizens is only one of many to come. The system resembles an American credit score, but more than just low credit limits and high interest rates, a poor Chinese social credit score can lead to bans from travel, certain schools, luxury hotels, government positions, and even dating apps. Jack Karsten
Senior Research Analyst, Center for Technology Innovation - The Brookings Institution
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Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director - Governance Studies
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Businesses receive their version of a social credit score as well. Paying taxes on time and abiding by government demands can lead to good standing which provides benefits such as better loan conditions given out by the government and easier access to public tender. Conversely, businesses that provide low-quality or unsafe products lead to a bad score and shuts them out from such benefits. Status SiGNAL
Three dozen pilot systems in different Chinese provinces have launched since 2014, each using different metrics to calculate an individual’s social credit score. The system is eerily similar to the sci-fi series Black Mirror’s episode “Nosedive”; more and more interactions are subject to surveillance and affecting social credit scores. Residents of Rongcheng start with 1000 points, and different acts change their score.