SesameCredit

Context: AlwaysOnPanopticon / PhantomAuthority

China (OnChina) has gamified being a good citizen? (It's GamificationAsControl)

Perhaps overblown, but certainly interesting and frightening video :

A more sober BBC article

tl;dr :

• social network gives you a score for doing what government likes (posting on internet, buying)
• will be mandatory in 2020
• low scores may carry penalties (when dealing with government services, credit, on dating sites!)
• "bad" friends hurt your score so try to either change your behaviour or ostracize you
• calls this "goodthinkfulness" trustworthiness

It's Whuffie as a fiat currency

• http://www.computerworld.com/article/2990203/security/aclu-orwellian-citizen-score-chinas-credit-score-system-is-a-warning-for-americans.html

Compare :

• FreeBasics

Criticism of the concern :

• https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3nyulu/inchinaeverycitizenisbeingassignedacredit/cvslam4

LinkBin

https://technode.com/2017/08/23/chinas-social-credit-system-ai-driven-panopticon-or-fragmented-foundation-for-a-sincerity-culture/

https://newrepublic.com/article/148121/control-14-billion-people