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These are the things that can get you punished under China's creepy 'social credit' system - from fake news to jaywalking

Alexandra Ma   

These are the things that can get you punished under China's creepy 'social credit' system - from fake news to jaywalking
Politics1 min read

Tiananmen square security surveillance cameras China

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Security cameras looking over Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

China is setting up a massive ranking system to monitor the behaviour of its 1.4 billion citizens and give them a score based on their "social credit."

The ultimate goal is to hammer into citizens the idea that "keeping trust is glorious and breaking trust is disgraceful," the Chinese government has said. Good scores get rewarded, and bad ones punished.

Penalties include being banned from taking trains, having your internet speed cut, and being publicly shamed.

The programme will be fully operational by 2020, but is being piloted for millions of people already.

Business Insider has rounded up some of ways citizens can get on the wrong side of the authorities. Scroll down to see what they are.

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