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hunterb123 on Nov 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The U.S. Treasury is buying private app data to ta...

A criminal background check is not connected to your credit score and a convicted criminal charge is not the same as political dissent. Stop moving goal posts.

I was arrested once and I got the charge expunged with community service. Hasn't affected my job applications so far.

tehjoker on Nov 9, 2021 | [–]

Is there any evidence that political dissent drops a social credit score?

hunterb123 on Nov 10, 2021 | | [–]

Let's wait for the CCP to answer that...

They may be too busy with genocide though.

Iefthandrule on Nov 10, 2021 | [–]

A background check is run in addition to a credit check.

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