China Uses YouTube Influencers to Whitewash Alleged Abuses of Uyghurs

April 05, 2023 | Polygraph.info | By Liam Scott

The narratives in these influencer videos first began to emerge in Chinese state media after 2018, according to Peter Irwin, who works at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a research-based advocacy organization in Washington.

“It’s a transparent attempt to depict a narrative that doesn’t align with any of the facts on the ground,” Irwin told VOA. “The point is to present a perspective that appears to be a genuine, organic expression of their experience on the ground, but many of these influencers are directly supported by the government. If you look through their content, it all aligns neatly with what has already been said consistently in state media and from the government itself.”

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