In the article "Inside China's Vast New Experiment in Social Ranking" by Wired, directly relates to the Black Mirror episode we watched in class. In the Black Mirror episode, their lives were based around social rankings on their phones based on their everyday lives. People could rank you 1-4 stars after each interaction they had with you. In this article they talk about how Liu moved home to China After studying logistics in the United Kingdom and he noticed that something had drastically changed. Everyone paid for everything with their phones including groceries, parking spots, bank transactions etc. Liu gave it a try and airplay turned out to be a convenient app. Within the past 30 years, China has become the world's second largest economy without much of a functioning credit system at all. Liu within his app a button popped up and read, "Start my credit journey. Liu wanted to be apart of this as he feels like it was important to build a credit after all of these transactions.
Relating to the black mirror episode to this article, they were both similar in ways where you ranked. A credit score is what the American system uses, and if you fail to keep a good credit score, they can dock you for it and it could be harder to take out loans or rent.
In the article "Real-life Black Mirror: China's moves to introduce scorecards that rank the behavior of citizens" this system has already reached high-tech status. China is on track to release its dystopian scorecard system that ranks citizens on every aspect of their behavior. This system has already completed several successful trials across China. Citizens' ratings are boosted by buying Chinese goods and community service. Your score can be knocked down for fraud, tax evasion, criticizing the government smoking in non smoking areas, or buying items the government does not approve of such as alcohol or video games. A low social score can stop you from getting good jobs, cut off from high-speed internet and can also block your children from the best schools.
