CCP-Supported YouTube Influencers Spread Chinese Propaganda: The New York Times

YouTube is not just restricting conservative voices, but it has also been reported to have become a place for something more sinister. It is allegedly being used by Western influencers who present positive pictures of Communist China. They even reiterate Chinese propaganda.

Father and son Lee and Oli Barrett, for instance, “visit hotels in exotic locales” and “tour out-of-the-way villages,” according to The New York Times. That’s not all that the Barretts do, however. The Barretts and other YouTube celebrities have stood by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), its treatment of COVID-19, as well as denied that it persecuted ethnic minorities. 

“All the West are hoping to do is to destabilize the area of Xinjiang to stop the rise of China,” said the older Barrett in one video clip. 

“Maybe it was America first to infect the world with coronavirus,” The TimesQuoted the JaYoe Nation. 

Unverified Israeli YouTuber Raz Gal-Or made videos in Xinjiang, the region where Uyghur Muslims are persecuted, asserting, “It’s totally normal here.” Li Jingjing’s unverified YouTube channel does not reveal that she works for state-controlled China Global Television Network, The Times wrote.

The New York TimesThe troubling links go much deeper than Li. China’s government has reportedly paid YouTube creators and allowed them into areas restricted for ordinary journalists. China reportedly funded the travel of content creators. The Times further reported that China can provide “lucrative traffic.” If this is true, and The TimesYouTubers were cited as an example of how the CCP may use YouTube to try and attack the West. But it is propaganda, not guns. While YouTubers might be genuine admirers of China, China could still be trying to reach a large Western audience.

Canadian YouTuber, who reportedly lives in China, Kirk Apesland acknowledged that sometimes he receives remuneration for what he does, in the form of “free hotels” or “fees,” comparing it to advertising for tourism. The TimesReports claim that pro-CCP activists insist China doesn’t tell them what they should say. However, the fact that these YouTubers are funded by the Chinese government is alarming enough. A livestream was done by several YouTubers with China Radio International (state-controlled China Radio International). The Times stated. Referring to a disappointing schedule change, YouTube influencer Matt Galat (the JaYoe Nation) stated in a since-removed clip, “They had to fit in more propaganda visits,” according to The Times. China also reportedly generates valuable traffic; for instance, by posting Gal-Or’s video on Xinjiang to Chinese embassy-affiliated social media accounts.

“‘China is the new super-abuser that has arrived in global social media,’ said Eric Liu, a former content moderator for Chinese social media. ‘The goal is not to win, but to cause chaos and suspicion until there is no real truth.’”

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