Surveillance State Implemented: China Combines Covid Contact Tracing, Social Credit Score Programs

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The Chinese Communist Party has combined its Covid19 “track and trace” program with the country’s social credit score program.

The mark is now known as a person’s “civilization score” and depending on that score, citizens are placed into categories which determines access to civil services.

The new score is beingy rolled out in the city of Suzhou and will apply to everyone over the age of 18.

In China, social scores are used to determine access to services, such as the receipt of government benefits, access to the internet and the ability to purchase airline & train tickets.

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