Italy Creates New Social Credit App To Reward Citizens For Virtuous Behavior

Social credit apps, if poorly developed or used, can lead to serious limitations on, and violations of, citizens’ rights and freedoms, as well as discriminatory practices. Nevertheless, Italy has created a new social credit app to reward citizens for virtuous behavior.

By rewarding some residents for their behavior through a point system, a new software recently developed in Italy bears remarkable resemblance to China's social credit system.

The "Smart Citizen Wallet" was unveiled at ...

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