China’s New Rule Could Change Influencing Forever

Imagine needing a college degree just to post online — that’s exactly what China’s new influencer rule requires. In this episode of Nina’s What’s Trending on The Jubal Show, the team dives into the shocking new law shaking up social media, why it might actually make sense, and how influencers in the U.S. would react if it ever happened here. Plus, The Simpsons are taking over Fortnite for Halloween!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's time for Nina's What's trending.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Influencers around the world are going to be freaking out
if what happened in China happens everywhere else too. So
if you're an influencer, you're gonna want to listen up
and hear this because there's some new requirements that they
have to fulfill. But first, as we get ready for Halloween,
the Simpsons are coming to Fortnite, So if you're a
fortnit er, Fortnitemares, which is going to be held this weekend,

(00:22):
has got a whole hypsen Hympson's Simpsons vibe. They're heading
to Springfield, So if that's your jam, get in on it.
I just want to make sure I get to this
one story about the influencers, because you guys, this is
wild and also kind of awesome. So China is now
requiring all of the influencers to have a degree in

(00:43):
the subject that they discuss.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
That's cool, Oh, I mean yeah, that is pretty cool though,
because there is a lot of people claiming to be
experts online talking about things that they have no business
speaking on.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
Yeah, that's smart.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
Well, there's a lot of misinformation that there is right
around and then and them like wellness trends and all
of that type of stuff that has no like research
backing it. But I wonder now places like the US,
you know, people, I don't know how they would re
enforce that or whatever, but like if you use words
like allegedly or it works for me, like does that

(01:18):
get you around maybe you know, not being the you
know expert.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
But also I feel like that's also on the like
user like people who are following those people because like
it doesn't work. What works for one person isn't gonna
work for everyone, right, and what is good for one
person is not going to be good or bad for
everyone else. So I feel like also it's like I
don't know, guys, just like think a little bit more
before like we start doing all these random things tell
us to do on the internet.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
I don't disagree with that. But then for China, how
is that different? You think? Do they just I don't
know what.

Speaker 3 (01:48):
I feel like, people follow whatever any influencer says. They say,
like they're a doctor, like oh my doctor, blah blah blah.
So now they actually have to back it up, which
is nice because like if you do follow people knowing
that a lot of people out they're blindly follow whoever
they fault.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
While'm using the word follow. There a lot of people
on social media that claim to be doctors and stuff
that you know aren't too, you know, just doing it
for clicks.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
Because what is what? Wow, I really can't talk today.
I'm sorry. But if they get caught in China, here's
the thing too, they're gonna have to pay crazy fines,
which is another thing that we could be doing here too,
because if you're spreading misinformation and claiming it as a fact,
you should be fined. But how do you get caught?
I don't know. Like the way that broadcasting has regulations,
we should have those types of regulations too.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
We have regulations FCC baby Oh yeah, yeah, he's.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
Like, I don't listen to who. But I feel like
social media is really hard to regulate. So that's gonna
be hard for them.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
No, it is. But it's just such an interesting conversation
all around. So take it how you will. But if
you live in China, make sure you have a degree
or you're paying some serious fines. That is what's trending.