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"China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals (lemmy.ml)

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_credit_system

[–] _lunar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

citing the natopedia article as if it's an actual source lol

i've lived in china; i don't need to edit shit.

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

They didn't even read the first section of the article they linked.

There have been widespread misconceptions in media reports that China operates a unitary social credit "score" based on individuals' behavior, leading to punishments if the score is too low or rewards if the score is high.