Uploaded: 06 Oct 2018 (8 years ago) · Shared: 12 Sep 2020
Duration: 7:12
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In this compelling CBC News report, explore the alarming expansion of China’s Social Credit System and its potential impact on Western societies. As mass surveillance, artificial intelligence, and personal data tracking reshape modern governance, critical questions emerge regarding individual liberty and freedom of conscience. For communities of faith—including followers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—these technological developments challenge fundamental concepts of moral agency, human dignity, and spiritual autonomy. While state-run algorithms evaluate citizen behavior, religious traditions emphasize personal accountability before a higher power.
Throughout early history, believers have sought moral clarity through timeless spiritual reminders found in scripture. Sacred texts like the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran offer profound principles on justice, truth, and community integrity. Whether gathering in a traditional Church, synagogue, or mosque, people of faith rely on these foundational teachings to resist overreaching
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What is Social Credit?The Social Credit System is a national reputation system being developed by the Chinese government. By 2020, it is intended to standardise the assessment of citizens' and businesses' economic and social reputation, or 'Social Credit'. The system will be one unified system and there will be a single system-wide social credit score for each citizen and business. The system is considered as a form of mass surveillance which uses big data analysis technology. Critics will point to similar 'surveillance' systems already in operation in western countries.
Who are CBC News?CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. They are responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.CA. Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info, although the two are organizationally separate.
What is China?China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC) is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.4 billion in 2019. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, it is the world's third or fourth-largest country by area. Governed solely by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. China is a unitary one-party socialist republic, and is one of the few existing nominally socialist states. Political dissidents and human rights groups have denounced and criticized the Chinese government for human rights abuses, including suppression of religious and ethnic minorities, censorship, mass surveillance, and their response to protests, notably in 1989.
