Influencers are the new face of Chinese propaganda. Hidden amongst the vlogs about puppies and makeup, they clandestinely allow Beijing to whitewash its crimes against humanity.
Despite being blocked in China, RU-vid has become a key ideological battleground for the Chinese Communist Party. And they have created a whole new ecosystem of influencers who tow the party line.
From looking at these videos, these Uygher influencers portray their homeland of Xinjiang as idyllic and prosperous. However, numerous and credible reports document China’s ongoing crimes against the Uygher population - from rape, forced sterilization to slave labor.
Daria Impiombato, a Researcher at The Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and her team, watched over 1,700 of these videos. Soon enough, they found a worrying grey area in which these influencers operate.
Through working for ‘multi-channel networks’ or MCNs,. These “influencer agencies”, with state-approved VPN networks, allow them to circumnavigate the all-powerful “Great Firewall of China”.
However, these agencies are linked to the Chinese Communist Party, and their content must strictly follow Chinese law.
Beijing’s propaganda machine is attempting to control the narrative, not just within their borders, but directly within your algorithms too.
To read the research for yourself;
www.aspi.org.au/report/fronti...
00:00 Intro
01:21Finding Uygher influencers
02:20 Understanding Xinjiang
03:47 Chinese Propaganda on RU-vid
06:50 China's Goal
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16 июн 2024