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Kiev Binoya Stem 11-B

Social Credit System: The New Pinoy Big Brother


Objectives:
1. To discuss whether the implementation of China’s social credit system in the Philippines
is viable.
2. To give an idea on what laws would be amended if ever the social credit system would be
implemented.
3. To express a standpoint of this topic.
Thesis Statement: With the Philippines’ continuous fight against crime, it is important to
investigate, inform and implement potential solutions in reducing the county’s crime rate for a
better and safer community. One of these potential solutions would be introducing China’s social
credit system.
I. Is Philippines a safe place? A place where people would be considered trustworthy?
While it is true that the nationwide crime rate in the past months has decreased by
3.3% compared to last year (Caliwan, 2019), it is still undeniable that there are still lots
to be fixed.
A. China’s social credit system aims to make citizens trustworthy in order to build a
harmonious Socialist society.
1. Developing and strengthening the market system and social governance requires
citizens to be monitored around their daily activities: what they do, what they
purchase, how well they react to certain situations, etc.
2. This could be possible through the use of technology, specifically surveillance
cameras and facial recognition software as well as the cooperation of its citizens
(State Council of the People's Republic of China, 2014).
B. With the Philippines’ continuous fight against crime, it is important to investigate,
inform and implement potential solutions in reducing the county’s crime rate for a better
and safer community. One of these potential solutions would be introducing China’s
social credit system.
II. Now that we have a brief understanding of what and how the social credit system in
China is implemented, is it now feasible if we apply it here in the Philippines? For this,
we have to look at three points namely: social, operational and technological feasibility.
A. Social feasibility is how people accept the new project implemented, in this case, the
social credit system.
1. 80% of Chinese citizens who partake in the implementation of the social credit
system strongly agrees with it while 19% are neutral and only 1% don’t (Kostka,
2019).
2. Even knowledgeable and wealthy Chinese citizens accept the loss of data privacy
since it develops one’s honesty and trustworthiness.
3. In the Philippine context, however, Filipinos seem to be very aware when it comes
to data privacy. There have been an increasing case file complaints of alleged data
privacy violation (Ronda, 2019).
B. Operational feasibility is how problems will be solved through an introduction of a new
system.
1. China placing significantly lower in the crime index compared to Philippines
(Numbeo, 2019).
2. The introduction of social credit system introduces not only solutions but also
problems.
3. It does not abide with the Data Privacy Act of 2012.
C. Technological feasibility is how the software used can meet its specifications without
error.
1. The use of facial recognition is still prone to a lot of errors (Tambuyung, 2019).
2. 19.1% budget increase in Department of Information and Communications
Technology (Department of Budget and Management, 2019), and forecasted
12.1% annual growth rate by the year 2023 (International Trade Administration,
2019).
3. Huge economic difference of China and Philippines makes the implementation
difficult (NationMaster, 2019).
III. Overall, implementation of the social credit system in the Philippines is nearly
impossible. And if ever the social credit system will be proposed in the future, there
are two important points I’d like to address.
A. It is expensive and timely and;
B. The government needs to be transparent.
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Kostka, G. (2019). China’s social credit systems and public opinion: Explaining high levels of

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