Predictive Policing

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In a somewhat strange IMHO article 'Defence One' has an article on how China is exploiting fusion and the new capacity of IT to predict dissent, if not protest:http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/03/thanks-america-china-aims-tech-dissent/126491/?

It starts with:

What if the Communist Party could havepredicted Tiananmen Square? The Chinese government is deploying a new tool to keep the population from uprising. Beijing is building software to predict instability before it arises, based on volumes of data mined from Chinese citizens about their jobs, pastimes, and habits. It’s the latest advancement of what goes by the name “predictive policing,” where data is used to deploy law enforcement or even military units to places where crime (or, say, an anti-government political protest) is likely to occur. Don’t cringe: Predictive policing was born in the United States. But China is poised to emerge as a leader in the field.