▲ 591 ▼ China bans influencers from speaking on ‘serious’ topics like finance or health without university degree (mothership.sg) submitted 10 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/world@lemmy.world 182 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52036171
[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago (2 children) There are plenty of dumb as doornails graduates as well so .. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0tan0d@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* MBA's and nursing degrees come to mind. Is there a group as educated and just as likely to fall for a MLM scam? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Are there plenty of dumb as door nails graduates with millions of followers on social media though? Because this is what this legislation is supposed to target. Basically if Trump was in "Chyna", he'd be in jail already for spewing nonsense non-stop on stuff that he knows nothing about, because he's not actually educated on it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) yes lol, look at any conservative influencer on American tv. they all have degrees. i don't think this law would actualy change much here in the states. almost every dangerous spreader of misinfo i can think of did in fact graduate college in some way. i can't possibly see this law s anything but a tool to control online speech rather than a tool to fight disinformation. if the goal of to reduce disinformation then this law will be ineffective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago They have to have a degree on the relevant topic. I assume most of those influences have business degrees or whatever that wouldn't qualify them to speak on the dangers of vaccines. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0tan0d@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* MBA's and nursing degrees come to mind. Is there a group as educated and just as likely to fall for a MLM scam? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Are there plenty of dumb as door nails graduates with millions of followers on social media though? Because this is what this legislation is supposed to target. Basically if Trump was in "Chyna", he'd be in jail already for spewing nonsense non-stop on stuff that he knows nothing about, because he's not actually educated on it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) yes lol, look at any conservative influencer on American tv. they all have degrees. i don't think this law would actualy change much here in the states. almost every dangerous spreader of misinfo i can think of did in fact graduate college in some way. i can't possibly see this law s anything but a tool to control online speech rather than a tool to fight disinformation. if the goal of to reduce disinformation then this law will be ineffective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago They have to have a degree on the relevant topic. I assume most of those influences have business degrees or whatever that wouldn't qualify them to speak on the dangers of vaccines. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 child) yes lol, look at any conservative influencer on American tv. they all have degrees. i don't think this law would actualy change much here in the states. almost every dangerous spreader of misinfo i can think of did in fact graduate college in some way. i can't possibly see this law s anything but a tool to control online speech rather than a tool to fight disinformation. if the goal of to reduce disinformation then this law will be ineffective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago They have to have a degree on the relevant topic. I assume most of those influences have business degrees or whatever that wouldn't qualify them to speak on the dangers of vaccines. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago They have to have a degree on the relevant topic. I assume most of those influences have business degrees or whatever that wouldn't qualify them to speak on the dangers of vaccines. permalink fedilink source parent