Today I learned a lot from many of the other groups that presented their EOTO presentations.
One topic that specifically caught my attention was the social credit score presentation by my fellow classmate. It is crazy to me that China is actually using the social credit score method. I had heard some things about the social credit score in China prior to listening to her presentation, but part of me wanted to believe that it wasn't true.
The Chinese government is literally using the social credit score to control its population and no one can stop them. There is so much lack of privacy because the Chinese people are under constant surveillance according to the classmate that presented this topic.
According to
Wired, you achieve a low credit score for things like getting caught jaywalking, not paying a court bill, and playing music too loudly on a train. In America, jaywalking is not even a very relevant crime. In North Carolina specifically, it is
not illegal to jaywalk.
The presenter gave an example of how if you have a low credit score then they can prevent you from traveling and how if you have a high credit score you get perks like being able to get priority choice for your children's schooling. This shows that if you have low social credit you lose certain rights, which is unfair to people.
As the presenter talked about, this would be terrible if someone had a sick family member that lived far away and they would not be able to see them because their social credits are too low.
The way that China is doing this reminds me of Big Brother from the book 1984. Big Brother was a "government" that would have telescreens that were always watching the citizens. No one was safe and if they ever thought about doubting Big Brother then they would be convicted of "thoughtcrime". Both the Chinese and Big Brother system limits the privacy and freedom of the citizens. This is scary because 1984 is supposed to just be a dystopian novel, but China is making it real life.
I understand that they want to make sure their citizens are doing the right thing but these measures are way too extreme.
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