The social credit system has been acknowledged by multiple western media outlets to have been greatly exaggerated and misreported. [0]

To be sure, there are numerous areas in which the behavior of the Chinese government is concerning and unacceptable, but there is also an undeniable level of hysteria when it comes to China that is not applied to US Allies. (See: Saudi Arabia and the rest of the gulf states)

[0] https://www.wired.com/story/china-social-credit-score-system...