China’s Credit System is Worse Than You Think
Published: 2024-05-16
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Published: 2024-05-16
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As of 2022, at least 62 cities in China were running their own social credit programs.
"as of 2022 there were at least 62 cities running their own social credit program"
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China's social credit system aims to address a wide range of issues beyond just market creditworthiness.
"the social credit system was introduced as an antidote to these wide-ranging problems and as such its scope extends quite far past the notion of Market creditworthiness as commonly understood in other countries"
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The Chinese central government banned the use of scoring systems to penalize people, shifting the focus to incentives rather than punishments.
"the central government subsequently banned the use of scoring systems to penalize people"
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China's social credit system is decentralized, with local governments having significant freedom in its implementation.
"the social credit system is highly fragmented and decentralized local governments have been given a lot of freedom to creatively interpret beijing's unclear goals and Implement whatever version of a social credit system they see fit"
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The Supreme People's Court maintains the most significant national blacklist within China's social credit system.
"the most important Blacklist is the one maintained by the Supreme People's Court"
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There isn't a single, nationwide social credit score in China; scoring systems are primarily pilot programs run by city governments.
"there is no Nationwide scoring system most of the many policies and initiatives under the social credit system don't involve any numerical scores Those that do are all pilot programs designed and implemented by City governments"
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Individuals and companies on the Supreme People's Court blacklist face restrictions on luxury purchases such as plane/train tickets, high-end hotels, private school tuition, and luxury vehicles.
"blacklisted debtors are restricted from spending money on luxuries including plane and high-speed train tickets star-rated hotels tuition at expensive private schools and luxury Vehicles"
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The central Chinese government has banned the use of scoring systems for penalizing individuals, shifting local programs to be reward-based rather than punitive.
"the central government subsequently banned the use of scoring systems to penalize people this means that what remains of these local programs is all carrot and no stick"
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Assaulting transport staff, violating safety rules, using fake tickets, or smoking on board can result in a 6-12 month ban on purchasing new tickets via the No Fly and No Ride lists maintained by aviation and railway administrations.
"the civil aviation Administration and the National Railway Administration you can make it onto one of these by assaulting transport staff or other passengers violating safety regulations using fake tickets smoking on board and so on The penalty is a sixth to 12 month ban on buying new tickets"
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As of 2022, over 60 Chinese cities had voluntary social credit programs, with scoring systems being optional in some.
"as of 2022 there were at least 62 cities running their own social credit program all of them were voluntary and only some of them involved scoring systems"
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In 2020, Beijing issued a policy to standardize the social credit system and address excesses by local authorities.
"Beijing issued a policy document in 2020 aiming to improve social credit standardization and curtail the excesses of local cardas"
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Awareness and participation in China's local social credit programs are low, with only 7% of respondents aware of their local government's program.
"participation in these programs has been low and many people don't even know they exist a survey by Gia kostka professor of Chinese politics at the fry University at Berlin found that only 7% of the respondents were even aware that their local government has a social credit program"
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The majority of social credit programs in China focus on rating the creditworthiness of businesses and government agencies, not individuals.
"most of the social credit programs in China don't even Target individuals instead they're for rating the creditworthiness of government agencies and businesses"
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By 2023, the majority of social credit-related decisions in China were reportedly made by humans, not AI.
"as of 2023 almost all social credit related decisions were reportedly be made by humans not Ai"
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In November 2021, China committed to not using AI for social scoring by signing a UN ethics document.
"in November 2021 China a pledged to never use AI systems for social scoring purposes when it signed the un's recommendations on the ethics of AI document"
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From 2014 to 2020, the majority of social credit enforcement actions (73%) were against companies, with only 10% targeting individuals.
"between the Inception of the city pilots in 2014 and 2020 73% of all enforcement actions were directed at companies government institutions were the second biggest target subject to 133% of enforcement actions just 10% of enforcement actions were directed against individuals"
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The Supreme People's Court maintains a key national blacklist for individuals and companies refusing to repay debts they can afford.
"the most important Blacklist is the one maintained by the Supreme People's Court this Blacklist is a record of companies and individuals who have been ordered by a court to repay a debt and have the means to do so but actively refus to pay"
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The Supreme People's Court's blacklist, established in 2013, is a fundamental component of China's social credit system.
"since the creation of The Blacklist in 2013 however it has become a Cornerstone of the social credit system and an important tool for the court"
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The central government has prohibited the use of scoring systems for penalties, making remaining local programs focus on rewards rather than punishments.
"the central government subsequently banned the use of scoring systems to penalize people this means that what remains of these local programs is all carrot and no stick"
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In 2020, Beijing issued guidelines to standardize social credit, restricting blacklists to severe cases and prioritizing data security and privacy.
"Beijing issued a policy document in 2020 aiming to improve social credit standardization and curtail the excesses of local cardas the new guidance stated that blacklists must only be used in instances of severe harm and that information security and privacy should be prioritized"
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Despite its surveillance capabilities, China's social credit system is surprisingly low-tech, relying more on traditional methods than advanced algorithms.
"the evidence doesn't seem to support this conclusion for a government equipped with a massive surveillance apparatus you'd be surprised at how low Tech the social credit system is it seems to involve more fax machines and paperwork than machine learning algorithms"
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As of 2023, human evaluation, not AI, was reportedly responsible for almost all social credit-related decisions in China.
"as of 2023 almost all social credit related decisions were reportedly be made by humans not Ai"
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In November 2021, China committed to not using AI for social scoring by signing a UN ethics document.
"in November 2021 China a pledged to never use AI systems for social scoring purposes when it signed the un's recommendations on the ethics of AI document"
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China's social credit system is described as a public, transparent, and curtailed moralizing campaign, distinct from more sensationalized portrayals.
"in reality it's a public relatively transparent and increasingly curtailed campaign of moralizing that is quite separate it might not be benign but it's also not nearly as sexy as he makes it sound"
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The concept of a unified 'social credit supercore' is largely fictional and has become a meme, overshadowing the reality of the system.
"the largely fictional social Credit Supercore in particular has often been invoked as a metaphor for for a techn dystopian future eventually it became a meme and then it became the only version of the truth that anyone cares to remember"
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Chinese social media includes posts mocking the idea of a pervasive social credit system, featuring satirical mock-ups of such an app.
"it's not hard to find posts on Chinese social media mocking people who uncritically believe that such a system is already in place on waybo for example you can find posters making mockups of a China social credit app showing scores like 726 second class citizen you are being watched zero turn yourself in and 276 to be executed immediately"
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China possesses more covert and potent tools for surveillance and control than the social credit system, operating outside legal frameworks.
"China like so many other governments around the world has many much sharper tools for Mass surveillance counterinsurgency counter subversion political repression and social control that often operate covertly and outside the confines of laws and regulations"
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China has other, less-known but significant surveillance programs like Project Sharp Eyes, Golden Shield, Integrated Joint Operations Platform, and Skynet.
"most of us have heard of China's social credit system but how many of us have heard of project sharp eyes or Golden Shield or the integrated joint operations platform how about Skynet"
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