China’s Social Credit System: An Evolving Practice of Control
The Social Credit System (SCS) is perhaps the most prominent manifestation of the Chinese government's intention to reinforce legal, regulatory and policy processes through the application of information technology. In this lecture, Creemers will identify the objectives, perspectives and mechanisms through which the Chinese government has sought to realise its vision of "social credit". Reviewing the system's historical evolution, institutional structure, central and local implementation, and relationship with the private sector, he concludes that it is perhaps more accurate to conceive of the SCS as an ecosystem of initiatives broadly sharing a similar underlying logic, than a fully unified and integrated machine for social control. He also finds that, intentions with regards to big data and artificial intelligence notwithstanding, the SCS remains a relatively crude tool.
Auditorium, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
Extra Information
Date
Tuesday 1 October, 20:00
Entrance
Free
About the speaker
Rogier Creemers, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar in the Law and Governance of China, Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University
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