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Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system — Forbes

By TechTaffy Desk

In China, scoring citizens’ behavior is official government policy. U.S. companies are increasingly doing something similar, outside the law; writes Mike Elgan.

Here is the link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90394048/uh-oh-silicon-valley-is-building-a-chinese-style-social-credit-system

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