Governments seek predictive algorithms scoring citizens’ radicalness like credit scores.

Evidence

A White House briefing memo encouraged the companies to develop a “radicalism algorithm” that would digest social media and other sources of surplus to produce something comparable to a credit score, but aimed at evaluating the “radicalness” of online content. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1232

Categorization

• SEED: A ‘radicalism algorithm’ as a literal credit score for political risk is a strong essay hook on how surveillance capital naturally extends into political prediction.
• XREF: connects to: Citizen suspicion of government can trigger government suspicion of citizens. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 959; Civilization’s foundational elements are being digitized and governed by intelligent algorithms — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 575; Terrorism becomes the pretext for demanding automated certainty machines — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1228

Broader Connections

• Terrorism becomes the pretext for demanding automated certainty machines #corroborates (0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1228
• Citizen suspicion of government can trigger government suspicion of citizens. #expands (0.75) — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 959
• Civilization’s foundational elements are being digitized and governed by intelligent algorithms #expands (0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 575