Beijing to Judge Every Resident Based on Behavior by End of 2020
The main difference between this and the US is that US citizens are compliant enough not to warrant such explicit measures.<p>In the US, if a citizen is suspected of getting out of line, all social media data, phone metadata, all bank transactions, etc., for that individual and all of his&#x2F;her friends or acquaintances, which for most people is tens of thousands of people, is available for review by law enforcement, with no doubt that a warrant will be obtained.<p>FWIW, in the US, anyone within 100 miles of a border (which is the majority of people) has no 4th amendment right against arbitrary search.<p>There is most definitely a social credit system in the US to the extent that one is necessary, but due to the success of other social control mechanisms it is not necessary for it to be as overt as China&#x27;s.<p>This sort of anti-China propaganda has been building over time and this story has been tested and revised a few times, but per the article below, is not actually true:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.brookings.edu&#x2F;blog&#x2F;order-from-chaos&#x2F;2018&#x2F;11&#x2F;19&#x2F;chinas-orwellian-social-credit-score-isnt-real&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.brookings.edu&#x2F;blog&#x2F;order-from-chaos&#x2F;2018&#x2F;11&#x2F;19&#x2F;c...</a>