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China's Social Credit Scores bans millions from travelling

R Sinduja

News Editor
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A failure tax payments, false advertising & violation of drug safety rules lead to a poor social credit score in China. China has been testing a social credit system from 2014 that takes away points on minor offences. This is in view of running the country more effectively & reduce poor behaviour. A report reveals 17.5 million people were banned from buying air tickets & 5.5 million were barred from buying train tickets.