CHINA-INTERNAL SECURITY

 China drafted three new laws in 2015 that will provide security officials with unprecedented powers to monitor online and offline activities across the country. These are: the draft Counter-Terrorism Law, which calls for the introduction of facial recognition software and a national database on criminal suspects; the National Security Law; and the Draft Internet Security Law, both of which require telecommunication and internet service providers to store and share all data located on their servers with Party authorities.

The State Council also plans to create a nation-wide ‘social credit system’ by 2020. This system will gather personal data on all Chinese citizens in order to calculate a comprehensive measure of personal merit. It will include data such as internet and shopping habits, popularity among peers and run-ins with the law. There will be a provision for neighbours, co-workers etc to also add their comments about the individual.These ‘citizen scores’ will be made public, allowing colleagues, companies and even Party state organs to determine an individual’s worth for a range of services.
 






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