Human Rights Watch Reverse-Engineers Mass Surveillance App used by Police in Xinjiang
By Gennie Gebhart For years, Xinjiang has been a testbed for the Chinese government’s novel digital and physical surveillance tactics, as well as human rights…
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China Smart Grid Tyranny Spreads to Australia
By Daniel Taylor On this May day, alarm bells should be sounding as China’s internet standards and surveillance grid is spreading around the globe. As…
We’re All Being Judged By A Secret “Trustworthiness” Score
By Tyler Durden (Activist Post Editor’s Note: This topic was covered extensively this month in our premium newsletter Counter Markets. You can get a free…
“Map of Deadbeat Debtors”: China Launches New App That Turns Citizens Into Snitches
By Elias Marat Officials in China have launched a new app that notifies users if someone within 500 yards of them is in debt. Dubbed…
Why China’s “Social Credit” Scheme Will Create More Corruption, Not a Better Citizenry
By Sarah Lilly News of China’s social credit system has been making waves across media outlets for months. Some publications are going soft on the…
Venezuela Joins the Social Credit Club
By James Corbett So you’re familiar with China’s social credit system by now, right? You know, the one that I’ve been talking about for years?…
15 Million People Were Just Blacklisted from Travel by China’s Social Credit Program and It’s Coming to America Soon
By Meadow Clark China’s social credit system is in full swing and has already blacklisted more than 15 million Chinese residents from travel. Is it…
China’s “Social Credit System” Sounds Pretty Dystopian, But Are We Far Behind?
By Jon Miltimore The ACLU declared China’s system “nightmarish,” and it’s not difficult to see why. In its third season, the British science fiction TV…