China (social credit system)

come about

happen

released

to allow something to be shown in public or to be available for use

the former... the latter

mentioned earlier and mentioned later

conflate with

to combine two or more separate things especially pieces of text to form a whole

be well-accustomed to sth

to be used to sth

mortgage providers

a financial company that lends money

envision

to imagine or expect that something is a likely or desirable possibility in the future

unveiled

revealed

on an opt-in basis

sth chosen or agreed upon

hoover sth up

to remove something from a floor or other surface using a vacuum cleaner or to use something quickly and eagerly:

ride on sth

to depend on a particular situation or result in order to survive or succeed:

jaywalker

someone who walks across a street at a place where it is not allowed or without taking care to avoid the traffic:

infamous

famous for sth considered bad

mandatory

obligatory

incentives

encouragements/awards

disincentives

disencouragements/ punishment

to uphold sth

to defend or keep a principle or law

surveillance

the careful watching of a person or place

crackdown

a situation in which someone starts to deal with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way

test bed

test beda platform for conducting rigorous/ transparent testing of scientific theories/ computational tools and new technologies/ a piece of equipment used for testing new machinery and new things