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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your smartphone is a snitch, and it's been ratting you out for years. Every app you use, every ride you take, every post you like - it's all part of an invisible social credit system that's been ...

That payment app crash when you tried to donate to a controversial cause likely wasn’t a glitch. Your bank’s sudden “risk assessment” after attending certain events probably wasn’t random. The ...

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