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China's Social Credit system: The first modern digital dictatorship

Posted by clerical_terrors
Tags: china, surveillance, artificial intelligence, social credit, social control, dictatorships, ccp, data, government, author.matthew carney, source.abc
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-model-citizen-in-a-digital-dictatorship/10200278?pfmredir=sm

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Title
She's a model citizen, but she can't hide in China's 'social credit' system
Published
Sep 17 2018
Word count
1554 words

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    I've heard talk of the system since a while ago, but I didn't know how close to rolling it out they already were. What scares me more is that, as an AI student, we sometimes get offered...

    I've heard talk of the system since a while ago, but I didn't know how close to rolling it out they already were. What scares me more is that, as an AI student, we sometimes get offered internships on similar research projects. The last one was in Japan, and some people I know eventually rescinded their applications when they learned the project was to build a CCTV system similar to what is described in the article.

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