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Should Influencers prove they are experts in their fields before posting about it?

Iain

I read an interesting article about how China is banning Influencers from posting about subjects that they are not qualified in so they can control misinformation better.

https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/28/china-influencers-diplomas/

Regulators in China have moved to ban influencers without college diplomas, directing social media platforms to verify that they hold professional credentials before commenting on sensitive topics such as finance, medicine, law, or education.

I can imagine that was implemented here and extended to cover politics then it would cut a huge amount of misinformation and bias.

What are your thoughts? Good idea or bad?

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  • in reply to Iain

    See this is an issue for me again. How many of us have had poor experiences with professionals not actually understanding autism. How many stories have there been on here about not being diagnosed because they can make eye contact etc. A degree doesn't equal understanding when it comes to something like autism for me. I think lived experience can count for more at times. Yes an understanding of the workings of the brain might be useful and I'm sure there are NT professionals with degrees who do have a good understanding. I guess my point is being qualified doesn't necessarily remove misinformation.

  • in reply to mp500

    This is true (if this happened in the UK) but I doubt if the web monitors (ie the government) would worry about which speciality was talked about by the person so long as their degree was relevant.

    I suspect the intention would be for the user base to reach their own decisions and be "influenced" or not.

  • in reply to Iain

    I guess a non-autistic person could therefore become an "autistic influencer" simply by having a degree in psychology then :).