{"id":139943,"date":"2023-09-02T00:33:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=139943"},"modified":"2023-09-02T00:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:03:30","slug":"china-proposes-to-bring-its-social-credit-system-to-the-metaverse-report-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/china-proposes-to-bring-its-social-credit-system-to-the-metaverse-report-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"China proposes to bring its social credit system to the metaverse: Report – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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China is reportedly looking to implement a system akin to its social credit system, but in the Metaverse and other online virtual worlds.<\/p>\n

Proposals viewed by POLITICO and reported<\/a> on Aug. 20 show the state-owned telco China Mobile proposed a digital ID<\/a> for all metaverse and online virtual world users that work with \u201cnatural characteristics” and “social characteristics.”<\/p>\n

The proposals say \u201cto keep the order and safety of the virtual world\u201d the ID would harbor a slew of personal information and identifiable signs including a person\u2019s job and suggested such data be permanently stored and shared with authorities.<\/p>\n

An example of the benefits of the system was provided with a problem user that \u201cspreads rumors and makes chaos in the metaverse\u201d \u2014 with the digital ID allowing police to quickly find and punish the person.<\/p>\n

The proposal mirrors China\u2019s social credit system<\/a> \u2014 an in-development infrastructure designed to improve behavior that scores and ranks citizens across various metrics which has also been an enforcement tool.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the Associated Press reported<\/a>\u00a0that authorities blocked social offenders from purchasing plane tickets 17.5 million times in 2018. Other social offenders were punished by being barred from purchasing train tickets 5.5 million times.<\/p>\n

On July 5, China Mobile put forward the proposals as part of discussions with a focus group on the Metaverse put together by the United Nations\u2019 communications technology agency the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).<\/p>\n

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Join us in Shanghai July 4-6 for our #metaverse<\/a> focus group, followed by a forum on July 7 and be part of key pre-standardization effort.
With int’l #standards<\/a> we can create global access to knowledge & tech for #metaverse<\/a> to benefit everyone, everywhere.https:\/\/t.co\/4IrlYExOjW<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3XAiCu90zz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Int\u2019l Telecommunication Union (@ITU) July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Metaverse focus group meets again in October where the proposals could be voted on.<\/p>\n

If passed they could majorly influence telcos and tech firms as the ITU\u2019s Metaverse group is aiming to develop new standards<\/a> for metaverse services.<\/p>\n

Chinese firms taking part in the focus group are purportedly firing off many more metaverse proposals compared to those from the United States<\/a> and Europe according to one group contributor that spoke to POLITICO.<\/p>\n

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They said China is \u201ctrying to play the long game\u201d so that its proposals are the standard for the metaverse if its use becomes widespread.<\/p>\n

“Imagine a metaverse where your identity protocols are set and monitored by Chinese authorities. Every government must ask themselves: \u2018Is that the kind of immersive world we want to live in?\u2019\u201d the person said.<\/p>\n

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China is reportedly looking to implement a system akin to its social credit system, but in the Metaverse and other online virtual worlds. Proposals viewed by POLITICO and reported on Aug. 20 show the state-owned telco China Mobile proposed a digital ID for all metaverse and online virtual world users that work with \u201cnatural characteristics” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-139943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147508,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139943\/revisions\/147508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}