"We Penetrate the Cabinets"
The Fourth Industrial Revolution & the Digitization of Humanity
Communist Chinese Digital Social Credit Identification System
Here in this Shang Hi surveillance center no resident goes unwatched Hundreds of millions of cameras are installed all over china, We have algorithms that recognize certain behaviors. If someone is not wearing a mask, for example, we immediately detect this wrong doing. No one can escape the camera's gaze, even when taking out the trash. Each city has a data center ware all information is collected, authorities call this the brain. This monitor, monitors all construction sites and the red dots flag irregularities. IN one instance, the cameras detect a construction worker not wearing a safety helmet. Now she can monitor every resident from this office. Residence who are not following the rules are recorded from three different angles. The brain acts swiftly, whether it is an illegally parked car or unauthorized advertising.
Leo Hu recently tried to book a flight, he was told he was banned from flying because he is on the list of untrustworthy people. Leo is a journalist who was ordered by a court to apologize for a series of tweets he wrote, and then was told his apology was insincere. I can not buy property, my child can not go to private school. You feel like you are being controlled by the list all the time, and the list is getting longer as every Chinese citizen is being assigned a social credit score. A fluctuating rating based on a range of behaviors. It is believed that community service and buying Chinese made products can raise your social credit score. Tax evasion and smoking in non designated areas can drop it. Cameras can help catch criminals but also track average citizens. We can tell if it is an adult, a child, a male, or a female.
A traffic light with facial recognition, Cross on red face a public shaming and loose social credit points. Even those that sort their trash incorrectly have to reckon with point deductions as well as the penalties for low scores, like losing the right to ride the fast train. Experts warn that firms with bad scores could be hit with sanctions or even lose their licenses.
China has made this province into one of the most heavily surveilled in the world. Ever Huega over 12 years old is forced to render their biometric data including voice, blood, DNA samples and iris scans. Mow China's surveillance state is going global, Chinese based companies have sold their sophisticated technologies to over eighty countries. These systems make it easier for autocrats to spy on their populations. It is giving them unprecedented level of control when it comes to the choices, communications, and private transactions that citizens are making. In Uganda, tech from Chinese companies is being used to spy on opposition figures more governments are moving towards the Chinese model of censorship and automated surveillance. China is a prototype of the 21st century digitalitarian.