social credit
Behavioral rating system
Social credit refers to a government system that tracks citizens' behavior and assigns scores affecting their access to services, travel, or opportunities—most associated with China's surveillance programs: Her social credit score dropped after the jaywalking ticket.
The term originally named an early 20th-century economic theory proposing distributed dividends to citizens, still reflected in Canada's Social Credit Party.
Online, social credit has become a meme mocking conformity to authoritarian expectations: Saying that will cost you social credit points.
Record of prohibited entities
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- public recordOfficially accessible government information
- complianceAdhering to requirements
Alibaba · Tencent · travel ban · court judgment · defaulter · moral education
Record of prohibited entities
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- loan denialRefusal to lend money
- public shamingCommunal reputational punishment
Widespread population observation programs
- data miningExtracting insights from datasets
- facial recognitionAutomated identification by face
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- trackingMonitoring location over time
analytics · CCTV · biometrics · watchlist · digital footprint · transaction history · online activity · cross-referencing
Quality of being reliable
- standingPosition, physical or social
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
reliability · respectability · status · prestige · goodwill · public image · community trust · moral character
Formal admission to education
- business licensesGovernment-issued trading authorizations
- government contractsState purchasing agreements
blacklist
Record of prohibited entities
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- public recordOfficially accessible government information
compliance · Alibaba · Tencent · travel ban · court judgment · defaulter · moral education
blacklist
Record of prohibited entities
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- loan denialRefusal to lend money
- public shamingCommunal reputational punishment
mass surveillance
Widespread population observation programs
- data miningExtracting insights from datasets
- facial recognitionAutomated identification by face
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
tracking · analytics · CCTV · biometrics · watchlist · digital footprint · transaction history · online activity · cross-referencing · data aggregation
trustworthiness
Quality of being reliable
integrity · reliability · respectability · status · prestige · goodwill · public image · community trust · moral character · personal conduct
school enrollment
Formal admission to education
- business licensesGovernment-issued trading authorizations
- government contractsState purchasing agreements
- reputationreputation, reputable, bad reputation, repute, disreputable
- China Policyone-child policy, Great Firewall, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward, collectivization
- China diplomacyXi Jinping, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, foreign ministry, ambassador
- Communist ChinaCommunist Party, People's Republic, Great Leap Forward, Gang of Four, Central Committee
- regulationsrules, rule, regulations, regulation, law
social creditprivacy
Freedom from observation
anonymity · civil liberties · personal freedom · individual rights · data protection
social credithonor system
Trust-based compliance without supervision
good faith · presumption of innocence · inherent worth · blank slate
social creditindividual
One separate human being
personal · private · individualism · personal autonomy · nonconformity
social, credit, socially, sociable, sociability, unsociable, society, societal, socialize