Line just went Orwellian on Japanese users with its social credit scoring system

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It appears other countries besides China are heading toward a bleak dystopian future where a human being is scored by their online activities. Only this time, it s a tech company and not a government implementing the social credit score. While not as bleak as China s social credit system, today Line, Japan s dominant social media company, introduced a slew of new products the most alarming among them, Line Score, reports the Verge.Read Full Story

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