China and Athoritarianism

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  1. Hi, My name is Natalie Mitchell, and this is my
  2. presentation on China's facial recognition software and social credit score
  3. system. As for a facial recognition, there are cameras everywhere,
  4. and they scan people's faces.
  5. And this could be used as a method of payment
  6. at ATMs but mostly used for public transport and Busses.
  7. This is a non optional program.
  8. You can't opt in or out of it.
  9. You've got to face.
  10. It's ready to be scanned, can also detect emotions.
  11. A common use for this is with truck drivers.
  12. The camera will scan their face, and if they show
  13. to lunch signs of tiredness, then they will be forced
  14. to take a break.
  15. And there's about one camera for every four people, which
  16. is quite a bit of cameras.
  17. The positive impacts of the facial recognition program is that
  18. it reduces crime because there's cameras everywhere and everyone has
  19. a face.
  20. It is easy to catch wanted criminals, and also in
  21. the time of the coronavirus, it is extremely efficient to
  22. contact trace because cameras surveil everyone everywhere they go.
  23. It's also easy to find missing persons.
  24. If everyone's faces getting scanned everywhere they go and us
  25. for convenience.
  26. A lot of people like the system because it's easy
  27. to pay.
  28. You forgot your wallet.
  29. You can just scan your face at an E.
  30. T. M.
  31. The negative impacts of the facial recognition program is it
  32. is a very clear violation of privacy, and sometimes it
  33. could be inaccurate.
  34. You can be improperly identified as a person you're not
  35. and wrongfully convicted of a crime.
  36. It is also not as effective with people of a
  37. darker skin tone, which isn't good because they're more likely
  38. to get convicted of crimes they haven't done anyway.
  39. There is also Muslims in China called the Week Er's
  40. who are being put in concentration camps, and the facial
  41. recognition is an easy way to find them and lock
  42. them up.
  43. And it's also easy to thwart, as in, you can
  44. just cover your face and they won't be able to
  45. identify you, although there is, they can also track mannerisms
  46. as well, and the cameras can also be used for
  47. evil and political gain.
  48. Such a someone could hack into it and find their
  49. political opponents.
  50. Yeah, and as for the social credit score system, it
  51. is a 350 to 900 point system, and it tracks
  52. good what the government teams good purchase, good purchases and
  53. bad purchases, such as a good purchase would be buying
  54. food or clothing, and then a bad purchase would be
  55. video games or alcohol.
  56. It also tracks all non activity, and you're not allowed
  57. to spread fake news.
  58. And since there's facial recognition cameras everywhere, it tracks where
  59. you going, where you're spending your time, how you're traveling.
  60. And then there's also paid information collectors.
  61. So the government will pay people to turn in reports
  62. on their neighbors activities.
  63. And there's rewards for people with a high social credit
  64. score and consequences for those with the lower credit score.
  65. I'll get more into that later and then It's also
  66. similar to the U.
  67. S credit system, because if you have a low social
  68. credit score in China, you won't be able to get
  69. good loan rates.
  70. Justus. If you have a little credit score in the
  71. U. S.
  72. And the positive impacts of the system, it does reward
  73. good behavior.
  74. You'll get lower loan rates and lower electric bills if
  75. you have high social credit score, and it does allow
  76. companies to reduce risk because it can look at the
  77. employees. So from credit score also does discourage dangerous behaviors
  78. such as speeding and purchasing alcohol.
  79. Sure, and the negative impacts are again a clear violation
  80. of privacy.
  81. And there's severe punishments, like if you drew a walk,
  82. you'll be publicly named as a but lower than citizen,
  83. and we'll get more into the other ones.
  84. Um, so if you get below a certain number on
  85. your social credit score, then you'll be blacklisted and you
  86. won't be able to to travel or you have a
  87. hard time finding a job and then again, public humiliation.
  88. And if you have a low social credit score, it
  89. also punishes your Children if you committed a minor offense.
  90. So in conclusion, I think that I mainly disagree with
  91. the facial recognition and social credit score, because that is
  92. one of the most American things you know, freedom and
  93. all that.
  94. But it has worked to greatly improve China's economy over
  95. the years, so I think it's both good and bad,
  96. but I wouldn't like to be a part of thank
  97. you for listening