Banned, Broke, and Homeless: The Human Cost of China’s Social Credit System It began as whispers — a few people under bridges, a few families gone overnight. But soon, it became impossible to ignore. Across China, tens of thousands vanished into digital silence — not criminals, but victims of an algorithm. Behind the promise of “trust,” a hidden system now decides who can live freely… and who disappears from society itself. | House of Rothschilds