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 BurningFrog on Friday March 01, 2019 @10:47AM (#19281672)

If I understand the article, it's not that 23 million are permanently banned.

These seem to be temporary bans, and they either expire or you have to do some act to regain your trusted status?

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Re:China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'soc... by Bailin on Friday March 01, 2019 @11:07AM (#19281932)

Being added to the black list makes it harder to do almost everything (including making money), which then means it is very hard to get off the black list. Because of that, I'm not a fan of this system.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/10/26/661163105/epis...

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Re:China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'soc... by BurningFrog on Friday March 01, 2019 @11:15AM (#19282054)

Thanks. I'll listen to it after work.

It's hard to find first hand info on this, rather than tons of internet people assuming it's the Black Mirror episode come to life.

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Re:China bans 23M from buying travel tickets as part of 'soc... by aiyodev on Friday March 01, 2019 @11:16AM (#19282092)

This Vice video shows what it's like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkw15LkZ_Kw

It's a Black Mirror kind of nightmare. Imagine spending your life sweeping sidewalks with a forced smile on your face hoping one of the government's informants will notice and write it in their book so that someday you'll be allowed to buy a ticket to see your family.

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