The odd reality of life under China’s all-seeing credit score system
"Here are some lesser-known examples of the social credit system’s real-life applications, from hospitals to K-pop."
"Here are some lesser-known examples of the social credit system’s real-life applications, from hospitals to K-pop."
"Isn’t that sad that calling the police to someone’s house is attempted murder?"
"The Georgia police officer who was fired for hitting a fleeing suspect with his cop car on Saturday was out of work for just two days."
"A large number of government agencies, marketing firms, healthcare organizations and IT support companies are publishing credentials via public Trello boards."
"If Homeland Security were genuinely concerned about public safety, they’d transfer those armed INS agents to serve as security guards in the baggage claim area, and leave intelligent, trained and — what the hell — polite and welcoming passport checkers to handle the paperwork end."
"It’s a jump of nearly 150% from the last days of George W. Bush’s White House."
"Former head of US Intelligence James Clapper just admitted 'we tried to manipulate or influence elections or even overturned governments' in those citizens' 'best interests'."
"Emergencies are when people are most likely to lose their freedom at the hands of their own government."
"The Department of Homeland Security intends to list and trackhundreds of thousands of news outlets, journalists, bloggers, and 'influencers' in traditional and new media alike. If you find yourself skeptical of this proposal of mass state monitoring of the press, consider yourself a bonafide member of the 'tinfoil hat wearing, black helicopter conspiracy theorists,' DHS representative Tyler Houlton said Friday."
"Today, a federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit against 24 FBI agents alleging that they had placed or kept law-abiding American Muslims on the No-Fly List in an attempt to coerce the men into spying on their communities."