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by Majestic121 2770 days ago
No, not necessarily.

As pointed out in another comment : "Other infractions reportedly include smoking in non-smoking zones, buying too many video games and posting fake news online."

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The devil is always in the detail.

The "buying too many video games" line came from the gamification aspect of a social network owned by a private enterprise and has nothing to do with the government scheme. And even they have backpedaled from that claim:

"Hu Tao, Zhima Credit’s general manager, paints a different picture now. She says the app doesn’t monitor social media posts “nor does it attempt to measure qualitative characteristics like character, honesty, or moral value.” Zhima Credit is not a pilot for the social credit system and doesn’t share data with the government without users’ consent, she says."

from https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/03/life-inside-chinas-soci...

And the "posting fake news online" line actually refers to "spreading false information about terrorism" which quite a bit more serious.

I'd love to know why people downvoted me with no explanation.
I can't speak for other people, and I didn't downvote you. But it sounds deliberately dishonest to pretend this is anti-terrorism when it's based on trivial misdemeanors like smoking.

Once you've established that you're not pursuing the truth your words are only poison/noise that harms the group of us who are trying very hard to figure out what is true.

>No, not necessarily.

>As pointed out in another comment : "Other infractions reportedly include smoking in non-smoking zones ...

Well, last time someone lighted a cigarette on a plane ...

https://nypost.com/2018/05/30/plane-makes-emergency-landing-...

> Well, last time someone lighted a cigarette on a plane ...

There are also designated non-smoking zones that are not due to immediate (as opposed to long-term) safety concerns.

The references linked in the article specifically mentions smoking on trains and planes.