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 ...

As Britain debates digital IDs, critics warn of a slippery slope into a high-surveillance future. The spectre raised is invariably China, and its Orwellian-sounding “Social Credit” system. That’s the ...

HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - China’s “social credit” system is another worry for executives, as tensions spike over the arrest of a Huawei executive at U.S. behest. The government's plan to ...

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 ...

Why did the inventor of the first internet web browser, and perhaps the prime venture capitalist in Silicon Valley today — Marc Andreessen — switch from his longstanding support of the Democratic ...

Simon Denyer is China Bureau Chief for the Washington Post. Photo courtesy of the Washington Post. In China, facial recognition technology is pushing the country toward complete surveillance of its ...

Britain is “sleepwalking into a totalitarian state,” a leading psychologist has warned, claiming that the proposed Brit Card ...

As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work or marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online.