A little comparison is in order here. First let’s observe an article ^[1] just posted to The Sun this afternoon:

FACEBOOK is rating users based on how “trustworthy” it thinks they are.

Users receive a score on a scale from zero to one that determines if they have a good or bad reputation – but it’s completely hidden.

Now we observe CBS out of New York ^[2] who didn’t touch the Facebook story… Apparently it was too similar…

China Assigns Every Citizen A ‘Social Credit Score’ To Identify Who Is And Isn’t Trustworthy

You know, I really don’t think I have to say much more about this one.