Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Chinese approve

(cont'd from yesterday's post)

"Interestingly, socially advantaged citizens – wealthier, better-educated and urban – show the strongest approval of social credit systems, along with older people."

Of course. Those who win at this game of pleasing the government get the perks, like internet speed.

Shanghai sales woman Joyce Hu says, "As long as it doesn't violate my privacy, I'm okay with it." Don't 600 million government surveillance cameras threaten her privacy?

But exactly what the government monitors is not completely clear. "Once citizens find that they are unable to understand how assessments of trustworthiness are made, or experience unfairness, it is unlikely that approval will remain high . . ."

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