Social Credit Articles

A popular overview and discussion of the most common misconceptions in China's social credit system.

A ~15 minute clear overview of Social Credit in China.

A way to discover your own score in one of China's few true 'personal creditworthiness' scoring systems.

My earliest article on social credit, discussing the system generally, and its application to individuals

A thorough discussion of rewards and punishments in the 4 locations that have fully functional Social Credit Regulations

A thorough discussion of what information is collected in Social Credit and how it is used, by looking again at the 4 locations with Social Credit Regulations]

A concise articulation of the principle operational mechanism of Social Credit, industry-specific blacklists

A look at the specific grounds for being banned from air travel under social credit, and discussion of social credit joint-enforcement penalties generally

Addressing the question of whether China’s requests that airlines list Taiwan as part of China are based on Social Credit, and giving an overview of general principles]

An organized chart summarizing the guiding document on Social Credit, identifying where blacklists are mandated and what industries are targeted]

A brief look at the interesting story of Liu Hu, a reporter who was NOT stopped from flying due to a low credit score, despite what less careful journalists have said about him.

Jeremy Daum on the BBC talking about Social Credit

This is the first of a two-part interview with Jeremy Daum, senior research scholar at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center.

Am under-watched discussion of social credit with the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

Kaiser Kuo, Jeremy Daum, Genia Kostka, and Manya Koetse, talk social credit.

A brief overview of the most often discussed regional point system, with links to an online quiz to estimate your score, and translations of the most relevant legal authority.

A discussion of what Social Credit Isn't, and the dangers of getting it wrong.

What is (or isn't) the corporate social credit system?

An overview of the document behind the 'corporate social credit system'.

A brief overview of the history and purpose of social credit demonstration cities.

An overview of new rules, meant to bring social credit clearly under the law.

November 24, 2020 — Jeremy Daum and Kendra Schaefer debunk the most prominent myths about China's social credit system.

An in-depth discussion of what social credit isn't.

Introduction Two new pieces of draft authority on China’s social credit system, directories of data inputs and punitive outputs from the General Office of the State Council, provide further clarity into the system’s ultimate form and purposes.

An in-depth discussion with The Spectator's Cindy Yu, Jeremy Daum, and Vincent Brusee

Foreign interest in China’s social credit system often focuses on the vast quantities of information it is imagined to process. The global adoption of internet and mobile technology has led to the creation or collection of unprecedented volumes of data on individuals, leaving many around the world with a persistent, if often ill-defined, anxiety that…

I am hesitant to write anything about the new Draft Social Credit Law because, frankly, the draft is a mess and adds little to previous authority. Even its title (the Law on Establishing the Social Credit System) suggests that the drafters are aware that social credit is still very much a work in progress –…