China Sets Up a System of Social Credit Score

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Recently China has experimented with a new system that rewards or punishes a person according to their social profile. This promotes the idea of social listing and profiling and helps make people fall into categories. It is a great way to reward desirable beliefs or habits or social feats!

You can be rewarded for social work, volunteering, a genius idea, etc

But on the downside you can also be punished! The punishment includes not only a subtraction of (social) points but also a restriction from .. LET'S SAY taking a flight for a specific length of time or a prohibition to visit a specific region/destination.

This is a system of mild reform for people with criminal tendencies or a tendency for extremities of all kinds. It's a bit early though to fathom the full depth of the possible ramifications of this initiative.