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A New SociAl ScoriNg

Chapter Summary

We are beginning to judge one another as a society based
on our online profiles, the digital image we project, and the
digital footprint we leave behind. This is the purpose of
a social rating or social scoring system. Similar systems
are already in use by law enforcement and government
agencies all over the world. The concept of a national
social rating system is not particularly complicated or
far-fetched.
Two of the most pressing unanswered questions are how
the system will look in practice and how it will operate
technologically. The system’s designers are aware that
the more information they share about it, the more holes
it creates in its security. When a social credit system
determines a person’s place in society, the degree of
social stratification is likely to increase. The gap between
people with high ratings and those with low ratings will
continue to grow over time. The Netflix Twilight Zone
Nosedive episode and the In Time film show how this
could work in the future.

Digital Gold Nuggets

♦ That photo of you looking a little rough after a
night out on social media may make you laugh,
but it could make it much harder for you to
obtain financial and governmental services as

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