Newsom returns from China and immediately promotes a mass child surveillance program

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that his state’s new data tracking system for students had reached a critical development point shortly after returning from a visit to China.

The Cradle-to-Career Data System, which the State of California he says “will provide data-driven tools to help students achieve their college career goals,” has “received its first data delivery” and begun “integrating more than one billion data points.” seconds in a Nov. 1 news release from the California governor’s office.

Newsom has recently returned from his visit to China, during this time driving test chinese electric vehicles, on slide by the Great Wall of China, i known with General Secretary Xi Jinping, according to various reports.

The system analyzes a student using metrics including K-12 days of attendance, LGBT status, parental education level, homelessness and youth foster care status. seconds to a list of data points on the Cradle-to-Career website.

“By leveraging billions of data points, the California Cradle-to-Career Data System will be a game changer to improve the quality of life for millions of Californians and highlight ways to improve opportunities in the classroom and ‘access to the workforce,” Newsom said. , seconds in his office “Through the vision and innovation made possible only by this system, the Golden State is leading the nation in equitably connecting our education system to the workforce to ensure that all Californians have the freedom to succeed.”

The Cradle-to-Career Data System will provide “detailed information on education and career outcomes, workforce trends and more, disaggregated by race, gender, skill and geography to illuminate and address areas of strength and necessary growth and any inequity.” the press release continued.

The data system, which will be implemented by the California Government Operations Agency, is purportedly designed to help students and families plan, apply and pay for college, and help educators monitor students, Cradle-to-Career website. states.

Additionally, the system will allow “advocates and researchers” to “analyze data collected from multiple sources to shape policy and advance educational equity,” according to the Cradle-to-Career website.

Newsom’s announcement came just one day after a report by the Daily Caller News Foundation revealed that a Chinese influence operation known as the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) was credited with inviting Newsom to China.

While in Beijing, Newsom met with CPAFFC Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Secretary and Chairman Yang Wanming on October 25, DCNF reported. On October 26, Yang was also present when Newsom’s delegation met with the party secretary of the Beijing municipal committee, as well as when Newsom attended the Great Wall Climate Dialogue, which was organized by CPAFFC , the DCNF found.

On paper, the CPAFFC is overseen by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which in turn serves the State Council of China, seconds on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2014, China’s State Council announced a new “social credit” system, seconds to a Chinese government report.

China’s social credit system rates users in five dimensions: credit history, ability to fulfill a contract, personal characteristics, behavior and preference and social relationships. Users can lose Social Credit points for spreading false information, smoking in restricted areas, and criminal activity, among other things, The Verge. reported.

Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment.

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