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by deadfoxygrandpa 796 days ago
"(e.g., you can't use public bathrooms if your social score is too low)"

do you have a source on this? i have used dozens of public bathrooms in china and i've never seen any of them gated off for specific people for any reason or anyone checking anything before you go inside

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The things people believe about the social credit score just shows they don't know how little we know about China. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1716857951380721972.html
And then there's the Uighur minority who can't buy knives that don't have QR codes on them [0], that is if they haven't been imprisoned or forced into factory labour hundreds of miles from home.

[0] https://www.fastcompany.com/40510238/in-xinjiang-china-some-...