After the 地沟油 gutter oil and the 2008 melamine-contaminated baby formula scandal, a new food safety problem was discovered that turned into a new major food scandal in China.
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As the protests in China go on, technology is used by the protesters as well as the government. As in other countries, a high risk race between protesters and police can be watched in China. And again, western tech companies seem to be playing on the governments side.
As protests are erupting in China Westerners can be reminded that China is not a quiet country. In different Chinese cities people marched organised against the government policies.
Friedricht-Naumann-Stiftung and Thomas-Dehler-Stiftung invited me for talks on China, technology, and freedom. Afterwards was an lively discussion on the topic with Ulrich Lechte (Member of Parliament) and the audience. The discussion was hosted by Armin Reinartz.
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Social Credit, Security, and Freedom
Chapter in Oliver Everling‘s “Social Credit Rating Reputation und Vertrauen beurteilen” [“Social Credit Rating – Reputation and Trust”] anthology on China’s Social Credit systems.
Merièm Strupler interviewed me for the Swiss weekly WOZ – Die Wochenzeitung. The interview is on social scoring systems in China, Corona and Corona apps, and the social impact of digitalization.
October 30th 2019 Humbold Instituts für Internet und Gesellschaft invited to their “Digital Saloon” to discuss social scoring.
In her talk Weizenbaum Fellow Katika Kühnreich will speak about past and present attempts of (digital) social control or „social management” in China. For more than a year China’s efforts to build so-called social credit systems have become a widely discussed topic. In her talk Katika Kühnreich will speak about past and present attempts of […]
Eurozine, Eurozine is a network of European cultural journals, had the Article „Soziale Kontrolle 4.0? Chinas Social Credit Systems” translated into English[…]