The Exportation of the People’s Republic of China’s Surveillance Model: Artificial Intelligence, Social Credit, and its impact on Global Security and Human Rights

This study examined the consolidation and international expansion of the digital surveillance model promoted by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), built on artificial intelligence (AI) and the Social Credit System (SCS). A mixed-methods approach combined documentary analysis of regulatory framewo...

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Main Authors: Diego Sebastián Sánchez Chumpitaz, Jorge Enrique Abarca Del Carpio
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Published: Universidad del Pacífico 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://revistascientificas.upacifico.edu.py/index.php/PublicacionesUP_Sociales/article/view/743
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description This study examined the consolidation and international expansion of the digital surveillance model promoted by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), built on artificial intelligence (AI) and the Social Credit System (SCS). A mixed-methods approach combined documentary analysis of regulatory frameworks and technologies with quantitative modelling through the State Control Index (SCI), a linear mathematical tool. The SCI assessed the relationship between perceived security, technological deployment, and restrictions on fundamental rights across authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes. The findings revealed patterns of authoritarian diffusion via digital infrastructure, interstate agreements, and regulatory transfer. A steady expansion of algorithmic control was observed in fragile institutional contexts, particularly in Latin America, where the security-liberty balance has been historically unstable. In such settings, surveillance systems advanced without solid legal safeguards, reframing citizenship as an object of permanent monitoring and treating dissent as a statistical deviation. This trend undermines individual autonomy and weakens democratic stability.
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spelling doaj-art-3aef94d6cde2478989d07f88a6af439e2025-08-20T03:25:07ZspaUniversidad del PacíficoRevista Científica en Ciencias Sociales2708-04122025-04-017011910.53732/rccsociales/e701202722The Exportation of the People’s Republic of China’s Surveillance Model: Artificial Intelligence, Social Credit, and its impact on Global Security and Human RightsDiego Sebastián Sánchez Chumpitaz0https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0828-6782Jorge Enrique Abarca Del Carpio1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9931-2714Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Facultad de Derecho. Lima, Perú.Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Facultad de Derecho. Lima, Perú.This study examined the consolidation and international expansion of the digital surveillance model promoted by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), built on artificial intelligence (AI) and the Social Credit System (SCS). A mixed-methods approach combined documentary analysis of regulatory frameworks and technologies with quantitative modelling through the State Control Index (SCI), a linear mathematical tool. The SCI assessed the relationship between perceived security, technological deployment, and restrictions on fundamental rights across authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes. The findings revealed patterns of authoritarian diffusion via digital infrastructure, interstate agreements, and regulatory transfer. A steady expansion of algorithmic control was observed in fragile institutional contexts, particularly in Latin America, where the security-liberty balance has been historically unstable. In such settings, surveillance systems advanced without solid legal safeguards, reframing citizenship as an object of permanent monitoring and treating dissent as a statistical deviation. This trend undermines individual autonomy and weakens democratic stability.https://revistascientificas.upacifico.edu.py/index.php/PublicacionesUP_Sociales/article/view/743international securityhuman rightsartificial intelligencesurveillanceinternet governancedata protection
spellingShingle Diego Sebastián Sánchez Chumpitaz
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The Exportation of the People’s Republic of China’s Surveillance Model: Artificial Intelligence, Social Credit, and its impact on Global Security and Human Rights
Revista Científica en Ciencias Sociales
international security
human rights
artificial intelligence
surveillance
internet governance
data protection
title The Exportation of the People’s Republic of China’s Surveillance Model: Artificial Intelligence, Social Credit, and its impact on Global Security and Human Rights
title_full The Exportation of the People’s Republic of China’s Surveillance Model: Artificial Intelligence, Social Credit, and its impact on Global Security and Human Rights
title_fullStr The Exportation of the People’s Republic of China’s Surveillance Model: Artificial Intelligence, Social Credit, and its impact on Global Security and Human Rights
title_full_unstemmed The Exportation of the People’s Republic of China’s Surveillance Model: Artificial Intelligence, Social Credit, and its impact on Global Security and Human Rights
title_short The Exportation of the People’s Republic of China’s Surveillance Model: Artificial Intelligence, Social Credit, and its impact on Global Security and Human Rights
title_sort exportation of the people s republic of china s surveillance model artificial intelligence social credit and its impact on global security and human rights
topic international security
human rights
artificial intelligence
surveillance
internet governance
data protection
url https://revistascientificas.upacifico.edu.py/index.php/PublicacionesUP_Sociales/article/view/743
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