In a televised speech to about 1.5m security officials across China, Jack Ma proposed that the nation’s top security bureau collect and parse information on citizens to prevent crime.
“Bad guys in a movie are identifiable at first glance, but how can the ones in real life be found?” Ma said in his speech, which was posted on the official WeChat account of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs. “In the age of big data, we need to remember that our legal and security system with millions of members will also face change.”