China has been rolling out a system that ranks its citizens based on their "social credit." People can be punished if they drive badly, buy too many video games, or steal. It's not a unified, ...

Corporate social credit “could mean life or death” for foreign companies in China, says Jörg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China in a report released in August. The ...

The Chinese system for ranking people's reputation based on their behavior and allegiance to the government. Known as "social scoring," the Chinese Social Credit System is enabled by the massive ...

A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. She has extensive training in the science of infectious diseases, but to reach large numbers of ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

The West has largely gotten China’s social credit system wrong. But draft legislation introduced in November offers a more accurate picture of the reality. Tech Review Explains: Let our writers ...

Commuters walk by surveillance cameras installed at a walkway in between two subway stations in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong) Subscribe for ads-free reading China has ...

In the middle of the 16th century, a 22-year-old law student in France named Etienne de la Boétie wrote an essay entitled "Discourse of Voluntary Servitude" that was circulated among academics for ...

(New York) – Nepal’s newly elected government should prioritize coverage for all children and add coverage for millions of informal workers as it considers changes to the existing system, Human Rights ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s Soulbound Token proposal for a robust identity and reputation system has stirred up the crypto community. Soulbound Tokens or SBTs are non-transferable, ...