China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything

Re:China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for ... by emodendroket on Monday November 28, 2016 @05:49PM (#13059116)

> I'm not sure about this. It's going to be so disastrous, reminiscent of Cultural Revolution in some spiritual form, to try to force human nature into quantifiable scoring system that relies on subjective truth that is determined by a central government.

I mean, is it so different from a privately-issued credit score? Transunion isn't a government agency but your credit score can keep you from certain jobs and apartments in addition to loans.

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Re:China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for ... by morgante on Monday November 28, 2016 @10:02PM (#13060416)

Yes, it's extremely different. Comparing credit scores to China's political score is so nonsensical it's almost a joke.

They are both scores which are used for a variety of purposes. That's as far as the similarity goes.

The credit bureaus have a tiny slice of information. In reality, they know almost nothing about you besides your debts. They certainly don't know your politics.

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Re:China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for ... by seanmcdirmid on Monday November 28, 2016 @07:32PM (#13059695)

My credit score in the USA probably doesn't prevent me from getting on an airplane.

Jay walking or speaking out against the government online will probably not affect my credit score.

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Re:China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for ... by mac01021 on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @01:03AM (#13061194)

It's not clear from the article that either of those will happen in the PRC either.

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Re:China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for ... by powerapple on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @03:29AM (#13061686)

It happens. When you are owing debts and do not pay, the system will ban you from high cost living, such as 4,5 star hotels, flights, high-speed trains.

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Re:China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for ... by Inthenameofmine on Monday November 28, 2016 @08:39PM (#13060011)

Then again, there have been reports pointing to the US gov requesting social media accounts for scanning for visa waiver countries.

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Re:China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for ... by seanmcdirmid on Monday November 28, 2016 @08:49PM (#13060048)

Israel already does that for sure. The USA already has the right to reuse entry to non citizens for any reason, or no reason at all, just like every other country. Nothing has changed recently as far as I can tell.

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Re:China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for ... by superuser2 on Monday November 28, 2016 @11:28PM (#13060794)

Yes. Credit scores measure the extent to which you repay your debt. China is talking about measuring your loyalty to the state.

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