The new guidance clarifies enforcement mechanisms, standardizes data use, and tightens legal boundaries for credit penalties. First introduced through pilot programs in the early 2010s, the social ...

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 ...

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 ...