China's Rather Alarming Social Credit System
By: Jake Ramirez
China is preparing a downright scary national reputation system that will employ mass surveillance and rate the country's citizens based on their economic and social reputation. This will also apply to Chinese businesses from 2020 onwards. Although citizens will gain benefits from the state for having a good score, there's also the chance that they could end up making it onto one or several "blacklists" that will lead to restrictions being placed on their lives. Has the Orwellian nightmare finally become a reality? Take a look at the images below to make your mind up for yourself: