Social Credit Piloted in Italy: World Economic Forum's 'Agile Nations' in Action

Transparent citizens and private billionaires.

This story is a quick note about another sly thing happening under the leadership of the World Economic Forum. I am writing a proper long article about it but for now, a few interesting bits.

You might have heard about a new digital municipal app being launched in Bologna, Italy—the one that includes a social credit score. Of course, currently this initiative is still in its “honey moon” phase, which means that as it launches, it is non-mandatory, and comes with no punitive measures (not yet) but with special incentives for “virtuous” deeds such as using public transportation or not using too much energy.

Some of the stories I’ve read about it say that this system is the first social credit system in Europe.

But according to the Italian news outlet above, it’s already in experimental use in Rome.

And here is a sweet announcement from last month from Salesforce:

Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, today announced that the Municipality of Rome has chosen Salesforce to create an Integ…