The YouTube channel of the team of Li Jiachao, the only candidate for the chief executive election, was blocked today (20th) due to US sanctions.
Li Jiachao later responded that the US "so-called sanctions are unreasonable and bullying", and he personally scoffed.
At present, many people in the establishment camp have been working hard to develop online public opinion space in recent years. YouTube is one of the main platforms. The most representative ones include Chen Yingxin, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, and Li Zijing, a legislator of the New Democracy Party.
It can even be said that YouTube is an important platform to drive their popularity.
Chen Yingxin told the "Hong Kong 01" reporter that the US sanctions were quite unreasonable, forcing YouTube to make such a decision.
When asked if she planned to boycott the YouTube platform, she said that the logic should be reversed: Western countries do not want them (blue camp) to use these platforms, they use them even more, and will continue to speak out on these platforms.
Li Zijing said that he personally thinks YouTube's action is a bit strange, because Li Jiachao's channel believes that no monetary gain is involved, and it is unknown why it touches on sanctions.
Chen: Ignoring online platforms in 2019, we must keep speaking up now
Chen Yingxin pointed out that the unreasonable sanctions by Western countries are quite vicious.
She pointed out that there are currently no supporters to launch a boycott of YouTube, and she personally has a deeper consideration: "Actually, the West does not want us to use these social platforms, we need to use them more, and we must balance the one-sidedness and untruthfulness of these platforms. news."
She said that she will continue to work hard to tell the "Chinese story" well on different social platforms, describing this behavior as "a battle for every inch of land".
"The algorithms on these social platforms now recommend the same type of content to users. So if a user watches more political content, YouTube will 'feed' more political comments to them. If we (Blue Camp) don't use these platforms, Don't they only have access to information from the "Black Storm" camp?"
Chen Yingxin pointed out that the biggest lesson that the incident in 2019 has taught Blue Camp is that it was the neglect of online social platforms in the past, which led to a one-sided public opinion atmosphere. Therefore, as a YouTuber who runs an online channel, he feels more responsible for running the YouTube channel well.
Three preparation measures: backup clips, device backup channels, and operate other platforms
Chen Yingxin also revealed that as early as 2020 in the start-up stage of her channel, she had an experience of being blocked once.
"At that time, my channel was also blocked for a period of time because of some malicious attacks and reports from Huangsi Heibao." She pointed out that she has always had the habit of backing up clips and opening the backup channel to upload videos. Weibo has opened a channel to notify supporters where to receive new information if there is an "accident" with the YouTube account.
She said that in the current international environment, being a patriot in Hong Kong and speaking on social platforms of European and American companies has long been expected to be risky. "Actually, these platforms are difficult to be a person. From a corporate perspective, of course we think about us content creators. They may not want to (follow the sanctions) to help them develop in a diversified way and drive traffic. But after such unreasonable sanctions, they have no choice, and may develop single-mindedly in the future.”
Li Zijing: After the incident, I will run the Weibo channel more carefully
Li Zijing pointed out that he has a certain income from his YouTube channel, and he was really worried that once the international situation changed and the United States expanded the scope of the attack to members of the legislature, the YouTube channel would be blocked soon: "Refer to the fact that the United States blocked the use of Russia after the Russia-Ukraine issue occurred. On social networks, we are all worried that if Sino-US relations and the Taiwan issue change, China will be similarly blocked.” However, he pointed out that there have always been backup clips and other platforms, and after this incident, we will be more careful in managing Weibo. channel.
Li Zijing also said that since YouTube's audience is relatively international, it is still necessary to continue to retain this platform if feasible: "Revenue is not an important consideration, the biggest problem is that Android phones have built-in YouTube, which will definitely reach the most users. . For Hong Kong users to install the mainland's Xigua Video, Douyin and other platforms, the threshold must be high."
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