Forbes June 30, 2022
Officials in the Chinese province of Henan have apparently misused their public health surveillance technology to stop a protest by ordinary citizens upset about bank fraud and financial impropriety.
According to multiple sources including the New York Times, dozens of protestors from across China travelled to the city of Zhengzhou for a planned protest against a bank freeze on their savings as part of a broader financial scandal in China. But when they arrived in the city, many found that the health codes on their phone apps had mysteriously turned from green to red — indicating they would be forbidden to travel around the city.
As CNN noted, anyone with a red code “immediately becomes persona non grata. They are...
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