Smartphones enable Western social credit systems through hidden algorithmic scoring that can ban you from banking, apps, and digital life without explanation.

For example, in 2019, mixed martial arts fighter Xu Xiaodong made headlines when his social credit score was lowered “for insulting tai chi grandmaster Chen Xiaowang,” according to Quartz, which also ...

The Chinese social credit system has been given an unequivocally negative reception by the media in the west. Set to be rolled out nationwide in 2020, the system has even... ‘If you’re a soldier in ...