Name: Everyone In China Is Getting A 'Social Credit Score'
Uploaded: 2018-05-10T12:01:18.000Z
Duration: 4 min 43 s
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THERE IS SOME DISTURBING NEWS FROM CHINA, AND IT'S NOT JUST

THAT THEY STILL ENJOY THE "TRANSFORMER" MOVIES.

IF YOU THOUGHT THE WAY FACEBOOK TRACKS YOU WAS SCARY, IT'S GOT

NOTHING ON THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, WHICH JUST UNVEILED

A SYSTEM OF MONITORING AND GRADING EVERY CITIZEN'S

IN ONE CITY, IT ASSIGNED 1,000 POINTS TO EACH OF THE 740,000

GET A TRAFFIC TICKET; YOU LOSE FIVE POINTS.

EARN A CITY-LEVEL AWARD, SUCH AS FOR COMMITTING A HEROIC ACT, AND

THAT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE TO SET UP THEIR OWN HEROIC ACTS.

AND -- AND -- AND IT IS REALLY EASY TO GET

>> CHINA'S VERSION FACTORS IN EVERYTHING FROM JAYWALKING, TO

SMOKING ON TRAINS, TO BUYING TOO MANY VIDEO GAMES.

THIS IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR THE COOLEST KID IN SEVENTH GRADE.

( LAUGHTER ) EVEN THOUGH CHINA HAS OVER A

BILLION PEOPLE, THEY'VE GOT A TERRIFYING WAY OF ENFORCING

>> CHINA'S GROWING NETWORK OF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS MAKES ALL

THE GOVERNMENT IS EVEN TRACKING JAYWALKERS.

CAMERAS RECORD THEM GOING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS, ZERO IN

ON THEIR FACE AND PUBLICLY SHAME THEM ON NEARBY VIDEO SCREENS.

THE EXACT SAME WAY AMUSEMENT PARKS PUBLICLY SHAME YOU FOR CRYING ON

>> POLICE IN BEIJING HAVE BEEN WEARING THESE GLASSES THAT CAN

RECOGNIZE FACES LINKED TO THE GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL DATABASE

>> STEPHEN: FIRST, THAT IS HORRIFYING THAT SOMEONE HAS

( LAUGHTER ) SECOND, FACIAL RECOGNITION IS

I NOTICED YOU HAVE A LOT OF UNPAID PARKING TICKETS."

BUT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT INSISTS IT HAS A GREAT REASON

>> THE GOVERNMENT HERE SAYS IT IS TRYING TO PURIFY SOCIETY.

THE PHRASE "PURIFY SOCIETY" IS A HUGE RED FLAG.

BUT I INTERRUPTED-- YOU WERE USHERING IN A DYSTOPIA?

>> THE GOVERNMENT HERE SAYS IT IS TRYING TO PURIFY SOCIETY BY

REWARDING THOSE WHO ARE TRUSTWORTHY AND PUNISHING THOSE

>> STEPHEN: CHINA, IF YOU WANT TO PURIFY SOMETHING, MAYBE START

SO I WANT TO ADDRESS MY CHINESE AUDIENCE FOR A SECOND.

DRACONIAN GOVERNMENT CONTROL LEADS DOWN A DARK PATH TO-- OH,

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE CHINA POLICY HERE AT "THE LATE SHOW"!

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Everyone In China Is Getting A 'Social Credit Score'

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