Control-Grid

• Social & Behavioral Scoring — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  Reducing a person to a number that gates access, country by country — China's court blacklist, the EU's SCHUFA and ESG frameworks, India's credit-bureau expansion, the US/UK FICO-and-COMPAS layer. The component the Convergence Index scores.
• Payment Freezing — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  The off-switch on money, country by country — China's programmable e-CNY, the EU's promised-not-to ECB, India's PMLA freezes, the US/UK sanctions-and-debanking record. The component the Convergence Index scores.
• Internet Control — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  Who can take content down, slow a network, or pull the plug — country by country. China's Great Firewall, the EU's DSA, India's shutdown record, the US/UK platform-and-statute layer. The component the Convergence Index scores.
• Health Surveillance — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  Health data as a control surface, country by country — China's repurposed health codes, the EU-to-WHO certificate network, India's ABDM health stack, the US HIPAA-with-law-enforcement-carve-outs reality. The component the Convergence Index scores.
• Foreign-Influence Apparatus — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  How states project influence through diaspora and lobbying channels — and how host states register (or fail to register) it. China's United Front, the EU's emerging foreign-agent regimes, India's inbound/outbound asymmetry, the US/UK dormant-FARA reality. The component the Convergence Index scores.
• Facial Recognition — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  Identifying a face in a crowd, country by country — China's SkyNet, the EU's banned-with-exceptions AI Act, India's no-framework rollout, the US/UK Clearview-and-Met deployment. The component the Convergence Index scores.
• Digital Payments — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  Programmable money, country by country — China's e-CNY, the EU digital euro, India's UPI, the US dollar rail. Who can see every transaction, and who can switch one off. The component the Convergence Index scores.
• Digital ID — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  How four polities built the identity layer — China, the EU, India, the US and UK. The component the Convergence Index scores, with the receipts, country by country.
• Content Moderation — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  Who decides what speech survives, country by country — China's pre-publication review, the EU's DSA, India's takedown rules, the US/UK private-governance layer. The component the Convergence Index scores.
• Biometric Collection — The Control-Grid Component
  June 26, 2026
  Harvesting the body as a key, country by country — China's Xinjiang DNA program, the EU's ICAO passports, India's Aadhaar fingerprints and iris, the US/UK border-and-forensics layer. The component the Convergence Index scores.