SCORE

POINTS?
LEVEL UP?
GAIN
WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM?

A national reputation system being

developed by the Chinese government
which is planned to be made mandatory
and publicly available by 2020 aiming to
standardize the assessment of economic
and social reputation, or SOCIAL CREDIT.
 WHAT IS THE SOCIAL
CREDIT SYSTEM?

The Social Credit System will be

one unified system and a single
system-wide social credit score for
each citizen and business. China
will use AI, and implement mass
surveillance powered by 200
million CCTV cameras which will
report events of various sizes.
WHY WAS IT CREATED?
“TRUST-
KEEPING IS
INSUFFICIENTLY
REWARDED;
THE COSTS OF
BREAKING
TRUST TEND TO
BE LOW”
WHY WAS IT
CREATED?
E-COMMERCE
EXHIBITIONS AND ADVERTISING
FINANCIAL SERVICES
INTERMEDIATE SERVICES SECTOR
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
LOGISTICS SECTOR
PRICING
PRODUCTION
STATISTICS
TAXATION
TENDERING AND BIDDING
PROJECT CONSTRUCTION
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
HOW DOES IT WORK?

This particular government system will be

countrywide with businesses given a
“unified social credit code” and citizens an
“identity number”, all linked to permanent
record.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Social Credit Ranking
Authorities make deductions
for bad behavior and add
points for good behavior.
HOW DOES IT WORK?

Getting caught or being reported

are few of the ways to determine
who does what, as well as using
facial recognition to capture
guilty individuals though not all
cities are so automated.
 ADVANTAGES VS DISADVANTAGES
However, it can be said that
political positions are Being a participant with a high
dangerous in the score in the said Social Credit
implementation, primarily System allows for numerous
because of their authority to privileges as shown in the
blacklist people— regardless picture— simply, if you do good,
of who they were. Liu Hu, a even better things also await.
reporter, is one such example.
 ADVANTAGES VS DISADVANTAGES
A downside however, is that the
publicity/transparency and
game-like structure of said SCS
still gives way for ostracism
towards people who do not
reach the accepted standard laid
down by the system— an
adverse effect towards social
relationships among the masses.
A few more advantages of the
SCS is that good deeds done
by people are publicly shown
and recognized. They are
entitled with a good life ahead
of them and a position high
up in the social ladder.
EMERGING ETHICAL DILEMMAS:

-CONFORMITY VS COERCION
-TRANSPARENCY VS TRAFFICKING
-PROFILING-BASED PRIVILEGES
 FACTORS/EVENTS

-HOW THE SCORING ALGORITHM IS DEFINED

-UNINTENDED INCENTIVE FOR INDIVIDUALS
TO USE UNDERGROUND MEANS TO IMPROVE
THEIR SCORE
 SOCIAL IMPLICATION:

-BIAS/IMPARTIALITY AMONG SOCIETY;

DIVISION OF COMMUNITY BETWEEN
PRIVILEGED AND NON-PRIVELEGED
-RISKING PRIVACY/DATA PROTECTION
-ACHIEVE REFORMATION
QUESTIONING MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES

UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH INNOVATIONS

AFFECT SOCIETAL STANDARDS OR PEOPLE’S
OWN BELIEFS AND MAKE IT SO THAT
FURTHER INNOVATIONS CAN BE ENHANCED
WHILE CONFORMING WITH
MORALITY/ETHICS
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