The Dark Side of China's Social Credit Score System In today's China, tens of thousands of ordinary people—former factory owners, teachers, and engineers—have become "invisible" overnight. Not because they have committed crimes, but because a secret algorithm has deemed their social credit score too low. When the score drops, life simply stops: trains and planes refuse to sell tickets, landlords evict entire families after receiving automated warnings, and WeChat Pay and Alipay freeze. Even home