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Venezuela's smart ID card created with the help of China's ZTE

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Channel: News Direct · 2018 · Education

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A Reuters report has uncovered how Chinese telecom giant ZTE is helping Venezuela build a system to monitor its citizens.


According to the report, Venezuela's new 'Fatherland' ID was inspired by China's smart cards, which allow the government to track an individual's social, political and economic behavior.


Venezuela initially wanted cards embedded with RFID chips, which can track location and data. Ultimately, they used QR codes developed by ZTE to reduce costs.


ZTE also built a database for the fatherland cards. The cards are linked to employment and income, property, medical history and political party membership.


The Venezuelan government has previously provided incentives to cardholders to encourage adoption of the card — giving cash prizes for rallying voters, for example, or a Mother's Day bonus.


Citizens are now being forced to get the cards in order to receive public benefits such as medicine, pension, subsidized food, and fuel.


Describing the program as 'blackmail,' Hector Navarro, one of the founders of the Socialist Party in Venezuela, claims Venezuelans who have cards have more rights than those who don't.


Mariela Magallanes, an opposition lawmaker in Venezuela, previously investigated unenrolled citizens being deprived of subsidized food boxes, and says the government knows who is vulnerable to pressure."




RUNDOWN SHOWS:
1. China's smart ID card and Venezuela's smart ID card
2. Differences between China's smart ID card and Venezuela's smart ID card
3. What the new smart card is linked to
4. Subsides the public won't be able to receive if they don't have a smart card


VOICEOVER (in English): 
"Venezuela's new 'Fatherland' ID was inspired by China's smart cards, which allow the government to track a citizen's social, political and economic behavior."


"Venezuela initially wanted cards embedded with RFID chips, which can track location and data. Ultimately, they used QR codes developed by Chinese telecom giant ZTE to reduce costs."


"According to a Reuters report, ZTE also built a database for the fatherland cards. The cards are linked to employment and income, property, medical history and political party membership."


"Citizens are now being forced to get the cards in order to receive public benefits such as medicine, pension, subsidized food, and fuel."




SOURCES: 
Reuters, Slate
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/venezuela-zte/?fbclid=IwAR2LhHsuijFn7OFytth4t6CpD5CwnJySGiAqFnZBmTwg99OFIdfFZbsBpOg
https://slate.com/technology/2018/11/venezuela-china-zte-authoritarian-surveillance-social-control-tech.html
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