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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?

Parents

  • I am super embarrassed to ask this especially with being Gen Z girl but what the F is an influencer?! I don’t follow social media or anything. If it stops all these random people doing silly things which makes them qualify for celeb status and go on strictly or the jungle then I’d be for it. Saying that I never minded Tilly Ramsey who is apparently an influencer but what does she do? All I know is she’s Gordon’s daughter. 

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  • I am super embarrassed to ask this especially with being Gen Z girl but what the F is an influencer?! I don’t follow social media or anything. If it stops all these random people doing silly things which makes them qualify for celeb status and go on strictly or the jungle then I’d be for it. Saying that I never minded Tilly Ramsey who is apparently an influencer but what does she do? All I know is she’s Gordon’s daughter. 

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  • in reply to Elfilis

    It's basically anyone that makes videos and has a large following. They have the power to "influence" people's opinions. They often have a specific topic that they post about such as a disability, gaming, money or fashion. They get brand deals that they get paid for advertising and get paid for views etc of their videos. They aren't necessarily celeb status. Many started as ordinary people and are just well known to their group of followers. People like Tilly Ramsey get a leg up because her dad is well known.