[darthoctopus]

perhaps read the actual first paragraph of the article? the whole point of it is that, whether we call it that or not, our privately run reputation scores (including but not limited to credit scores) functionally are social credit scores --- except we've been boiled frogs, and should take some time for self-reflection before engaging in knee-jerk reactions to China's other failings (which I'm not denying btw) whenever social credit is brought up.

[throwawayq3423]

Your credit score in America will never be used to deny your freedom of movement within America or go against you or any of your family members when applying for higher education.

It is a fundamentally flawed comparison.

[scarmig]

It will, however, be used to determine whether you can rent or buy a home or increasingly even get a job. Freedom: same outcomes, but modulated through the market!

[AnimalMuppet]

It might be used to deny your kid a college loan, though - which might work out the same as denying them higher education.