Since 2014, preparations have been underway in China for the social credit
system, which is to be mandatory for all citizens and companies.
A social credit system is a digital recording and rating
system that ranks and rates all individuals and companies.
A point system between 600 and 1,300 points is used
for this purpose; each citizen starts with 1,000 points.
According to one's positive or negative behavior, the personal score increases or decreases.
Exemplary citizens are rewarded and bad behavior is punished.
People critical of the system can thus be filtered out in
order to cement the power of the Chinese Communist Party.
A low score can mean no public service job, more difficult
access to social benefits, or disadvantages in traveling, among other things.
China says it is relying on the educational function of the social credit system.
With the arguments of security and fighting corruption, the government
achieved a certain level of acceptance among the citizens.
An essential pillar in this kind of total surveillance is the so-called Skynet.
It is based on approx. 600 mill.
Cameras with facial recognition and documents every action of citizens.
This system is still only running in test cities such as Beijing, as
the planned final introduction at the end of 2020 could not be achieved.
But once it is actually implemented successfully, China
wants to export its technology to other countries.
Dear viewers, under what pretext could our government introduce such a system to us and bring it to implementation?