China has started banning people with bad "social credit" from flying, taking trains, or other public transit

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-credit/china-to-bar-people-with-bad-social-credit-from-planes-trains-idUSKCN1GS10S

This is where this is headed if Google and others are not kept in check. If you post anything online that goes against the state, or get caught speaking publicly about topics the state does not want discussed, you will get a bad social credit score and then be banned from receiving basic services.

From Reuters

"In a move taken straight out of a Black Mirror episode, China said it will now ban people from flights and trains if they do not have enough "social credit."

People who have committed misdeeds would be put on the restricted lists that would stop them from taking the transport for up to a year, two statements issued on the National Development and Reform Commission's website said.

This would include those found to have committed acts like spreading false information about terrorism and causing trouble on flights, as well as those who used expired tickets or smoked on trains.

According to the statements, the rules will come into effect on May 1.

The move is in line with President Xi Jinping's plan to construct a social credit system based on the principle of "once untrustworthy, always restricted."

Most pilot cities use a points system, whereby every citizen starts off with 100 points. They can then earn bonus points up to the value of 200 by carrying out "good deeds." These include carrying out charity work, recycling rubbish, and donating blood.

But citizens can also lose points. Actions that can now harm one's personal credit record include not showing up to a restaurant without having cancelled the reservation, cheating in online games, leaving false product reviews, and jaywalking.

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