Summer of Protocols

👀 hoomans permissionlessly making scoring systems for other hoomans

what could possibly go wrong 😑

Detailed look at social credit systems in China “…ranging from commercial personal credit ratings to compliance assessments and blacklists run by regulatory agencies”


Law and Social Credit in China
abstract:
“Social credit is a mode of governance that spurs private actors, as well as state agencies, to base their decision-making regarding others on credibility assessments. It lays out a central-level framework for creating various mechanisms, ranging from commercial personal credit ratings to compliance assessments and blacklists run by regulatory agencies, with the aim of incentivizing certain behaviors. In addition to a range of commercial pilot projects, the Chinese party-state has also embraced the use of blacklists for trust-breakers and credibility-based regulation to enhance its governing capacity to tackle a wide range of societal problems...”

Very cool special issue on law and social credit in China https://t.co/wK2lHeMPVR https://t.co/apB49QgQvj

Jean Christopher (Chris) Mittelstaedt

Detailed look at social credit systems in China “…ranging from commercial personal credit ratings to compliance assessments and blacklists run by regulatory agencies”


Law and Social Credit in China
abstract:
“Social credit is a mode of governance that spurs private actors, as well as state agencies, to base their decision-making regarding others on credibility assessments. It lays out a central-level framework for creating various mechanisms, ranging from commercial personal credit ratings to compliance assessments and blacklists run by regulatory agencies, with the aim of incentivizing certain behaviors. In addition to a range of commercial pilot projects, the Chinese party-state has also embraced the use of blacklists for trust-breakers and credibility-based regulation to enhance its governing capacity to tackle a wide range of societal problems...”
https://x.com/jcmittelstaedt/status/1868426816945311954

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wow, this is intense stuff! 🤔 never knew social credit could be so complex. kinda feels like a black mirror episode, right? what's everyone's take on this?