In a move considered unusual for a Chinese internet entrepreneur, Alibaba founder and business magnate Jack Ma urged Chinese officials to use big data to stop would-be criminals. Ma announced his ideas on Friday in a televised speech to about 1.5 million domestic security and legal officials. The speech was also published on the Chinese Communist Party’s Commission for Political and Legal Affairs’ WeChat account on Saturday, according to Bloomberg.

Ma’s speech touched on how data can streamline police duties, and called on China’s “unrivaled” data capabilities to form a system akin to Spielberg’s Minority Report where citizens can be thwarted from carrying out illegal activities. As an example of how data can help authorities catch…

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