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Monday, November 26, 2018

CHINA: BEIJING TO JUDGE EVERY RESIDENT BASED ON BEHAVIOR BY END OF 2020

CHINA: BEIJING TO JUDGE EVERY RESIDENT BASED ON BEHAVIOR BY END OF 2020
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 (Bloomberg) — China’s plan to judge each of its 1.3 billion people based on their social behavior is moving a step closer to reality, with Beijing set to adopt a lifelong points program by 2021 that assigns personalized ratings for each resident.
The capital city will pool data from several departments to reward and punish some 22 million citizens based on their actions and reputations by the end of 2020, according to a plan posted on the Beijing municipal government’s website on Monday. Those with better so-called social credit will get “green channel” benefits while those who violate laws will find life more difficult.
The Beijing project will improve blacklist systems so that those deemed untrustworthy will be “unable to move even a single step,” according to the government’s plan. Xinhua reported on the proposal Tuesday, while the report posted on the municipal government’s website is dated July 18.
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 CHINA'S ORWELLIAN SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM 
BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
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The media is alarmed at China’s Orwellian social credit system.
A system where citizens are financially & socially punished for their opinions.
They’re total hypocrites.
They’ve joined forces with Silicon Valley to cheerlead and lobby for an almost identical system right here in the west.
Imagine going to buy something and your credit card is declined because some idiot in San Francisco thinks you posted something “hateful” on the Internet.
That’s our collective future.