China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'social credit' system

Re:China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'soc... by moviuro on Friday March 01, 2019 @10:20AM (#19281385)

For those interested in what can happen, I'd recommend watching Psycho-Pass [0], which revolves entirely around a civilization with citizen score. Good stuff happens (nobody locks their homes anymore), but potential criminals are taken out with no form of judgement whatsoever (à la Minority Report).

Edit: and also, shorter and not any less scary, that one episode of Black Mirror [1]

[0] https://myanimelist.net/anime/13601/psycho-pass

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)

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Re:China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'soc... by LinuxBender on Friday March 01, 2019 @10:36AM (#19281547)

There was a similar theme in an episode of Star Trek the Next Generation [1]. They visited what appeared to be a utopian planet with everyone dressed in skimpy outfits, landscape was beautiful, people were super friendly. The ships chief medical officers son Wesley tripped over a small fence around a garden after convincing other teenagers to play catch and guards showed up to euthanize him for breaking the rules.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_G...

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Re:China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'soc... by LinuxBender on Friday March 01, 2019 @12:50PM (#19283429)

Forgot to add the link to the scene [2]

[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfqa596xxbc

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Re:China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'soc... by Cyph0n on Friday March 01, 2019 @10:24AM (#19281415)

Great show in general, but it might not be a good start for someone who is not familiar with anime.

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