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posted by mrpg on Tuesday March 20 2018, @03:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the blockchain-based? dept.

China said it will begin applying its so-called social credit system to flights and trains and stop people who have committed misdeeds from taking such transport for up to a year.

People who would be put on the restricted lists included those found to have committed acts like spreading false information about terrorism and causing trouble on flights, as well as those who used expired tickets or smoked on trains, according to two statements issued on the National Development and Reform Commission’s website on Friday.

[...] China has flagged plans to roll out a system that will allow government bodies to share information on its citizens’ trustworthiness and issue penalties based on a so-called social credit score.

China to bar people with bad 'social credit' from planes, trains

INSIDE CHINA'S VAST NEW EXPERIMENT IN SOCIAL RANKING

China’s dystopian social credit system is a harbinger of the global age of the algorithm


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @04:47AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @04:47AM (#655268)

    If you want people who are entrepreneurial, creative, and want to think outside the box, you don't go looking among your staid rule-followers.

    It might be interesting to identify the politically disadvantaged who display some aptitude, and offer them sweetheart deals for immigration.

    "Look, Chu, we know that you got into trouble for dissing the chinese government. Here in the US? That's business as usual. We call Trump a fat orange fucker on the regular. If you want it, we have a green card, and, based on your high school scores, college admission. How does Caltech sound?"

    You'll get some turds, but quite a few gems as well.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @06:38AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @06:38AM (#655284)

    We may call Trump names but we may not protest him https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/14/donald-trump-inauguration-protest-website-search-warrant-dreamhost [theguardian.com]

    US is sadly not so different from China.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 20 2018, @05:10PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 20 2018, @05:10PM (#655495) Journal
      May not protest him by destroying random bits of property, that is. Pretty much a standard rule no matter where you go.
  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday March 20 2018, @04:55PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday March 20 2018, @04:55PM (#655481)

    Importing people too dishonest or stupid to not smoke on a non-smoking train is not going to help our economy. In fact, it's better to leave them overseas where they can cause problems over there, and we can continue to sell them tobacco which is good for our economy (it's one thing the US is really good at making and exporting).