{"id":113379,"date":"2022-06-27T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=113379"},"modified":"2022-06-27T08:12:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:12:31","slug":"nyt-front-page-how-china-polices-the-future-an-unseen-cage-of-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=113379","title":{"rendered":"(NYT front page) How China Polices the Future: An Unseen Cage of Surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The more than 1.4 billion people living in China are constantly watched. They are recorded<\/a> by police cameras<\/a> that are everywhere, on street corners and subway ceilings, in hotel lobbies and apartment buildings. Their phones are tracked, their purchases are monitored, and their online chats are censored.<\/p>\n

Now, even their future is under surveillance.<\/p>\n

The latest generation of technology digs through the vast amounts of data collected on their daily activities to find patterns and aberrations, promising to predict crimes or protests before they happen. They target potential troublemakers in the eyes of the Chinese government \u2014 not only those with a criminal past but also vulnerable groups, including ethnic minorities, migrant workers and those with a history of mental illness.<\/p>\n

They can warn the police if a victim of a fraud tries to travel to Beijing to petition the government for payment or a drug user makes too many calls to the same number. They can signal officers each time a person with a history of mental illness gets near a school.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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"Many people who petition do so over government mishandling of a tragic accident\u2026which goes into the algorithm. 'Increase a person\u2019s early-warning risk level if they have low social status or went through a major tragedy,' reads the procurement document."https:\/\/t.co\/q5aqTfdZ5o<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) June 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n