China Assigns Every Citizen A Social Credit Score

-Source-CBS- China is rolling out a high-tech plan to give all of its 1.4 billion citizens a personal score based on how they behave. But there are consequences if a score gets too low and for some thats cause for concern CBS2s Ben Tracy reported Tuesday. When Liu Hu recently tried to book a flight he was told he was banned from flying because he was on the list of untrustworthy people. Liu is a journalist who was ordered by a court to apologize for a series of tweets he wrote and was then told his apology was insincere. I cant buy property. My child cant go to a private school" he said. You feel youre being controlled by the list all the time." And the list is now getting longer as every Chinese citizen is being assigned a social credit score a fluctuating rating based on a range of behaviors. Its believed that community service and buying Chinese-made products can raise your score. Fraud tax evasion and smoking in non-smoking areas can drop it. A worker adjusts security cameras on the edge of Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 30 2014. (Photo: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images) Chinas growing network of surveillance cameras makes all of this possible. It can recognize more than 4000 vehicles" Xu Li said. Li is the CEO of Sensetime one of Chinas most successful artificial intelligence companies. It has created smart cameras for the government that can help catch criminals but also track average citizens.