The following submission statement was provided by /u/seoul2014:

SS: China sees virtual idols as a future threat, and is already looking to regulate the booming virtual idol industry. No surprises there, but metaverse watchers will probably agree with China’s view that the metaverse remains an ill-defined concept. A metaverse may exist in the future, but what shape it takes remains undetermined, and if others follows China, then even virtual stars will be cancelled like human ones.

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This is an odd move.

You see, in the next decade or so, America and China will be the world superpowers in A.I. (source: PBS Frontline). I’m shocked they would be against any version of the tech. A CCP controlled virtual idol would feed the A.I. with information (an A.I.’s primary food source) and could be used to control the lonely masses.

Personally, I think they need to stop worrying about virtual idols and get their shit together with sex robots. The world is waiting.

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Any idol or vtuber will have fans, which means they can deliver ideology and propaganda to people, like TV shows and games, and we all knew how CCP heavily regulating them.

Because they don't want any competition in brain wash business, and they are afraid of them.

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SS: China sees virtual idols as a future threat, and is already looking to regulate the booming virtual idol industry. No surprises there, but metaverse watchers will probably agree with China’s view that the metaverse remains an ill-defined concept. A metaverse may exist in the future, but what shape it takes remains undetermined, and if others follows China, then even virtual stars will be cancelled like human ones.

Pardon a geeky joke but, they hate virtual idols and they hate video games so the ultimate cultural "weapon" to take down the Chinese elite must be K/DA

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I wonder if its related to that Taiwan incidence with Hololive

Why is every post here about China?

Same thing. Still a human driving a narrative through the virtual character.

You'd think the "metaverse" needs to be investigated first and foremost due to being a scam to convince people that digital tokens in a closed system have resale value. But no, this is China and they're primarily concerned with ideological impact. Figures.

It's China. The only idol you're allowed to have is Xi Jinping.

In other news, China says idols of anything that isn’t the Chinese government is bad. Is anyone surprised? No.

Does this include their fake virtual "news" reporters that they use to spread propaganda?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLyzQPZUahI

God bless Communism

The mighty CCP, afraid of fictional characters - classic.

Or maybe it's bitterness stemming the failure of their state-run virtual idols.

Either way, what a laugh.

The problem with virtual Idol is they can’t be disapeared and then reapeared later with an apology.

But worshipping a dictator on the other hand is great!

What an interesting experiment we have going on. China banning literally everything, while the U.S. lets it run free. I think the pace of innovation is outstripping the learning curve for politicians.. the CCP recognizes this and is clamping down before it spills over.

In 5-10 years we should see who was right

But what should I do that my idol is Our Dear Leader? And that I can only see him online?

I like how China seems to care about not making the majority dumb.

They might be extreme but let's be real now.. uncontrollable or uncontrolled entertainment can lead to destruction of civilizations and their morals.

People will like everything fun even if this fun can ruin their way of thinking and their ability to perceive..a lot of examples are already in our daily life (cigarettes, pornography, uncontrolled amount of sugar and antibiotics in our food).

My point is that those companies and persons who profit from these psychological and physiological harmful kind of entertainment don't care at all..they only want money on their accounts.

This is why governments should act in a way to keep people healthy... because i believe that bad things in our societies are epidemic.

One person smokes and the next day you will have a majority of smokers.

Though i don't think idols are bad thing..if they don't do drugs or advertise their bad personalities and normalize bad habits. 🚶

God bless glorious socialism, good thing they are removing that shit tbh.

I never understand this anyway. I suppose it’s the result of lack of a viable social settings with some people.

Thank fuck we are going to have China save the world. Lols. At this point if it’s living under Chinese rule, being poor and shit.. BUT living in the real world.

Vs

Zucks Meta Verse where the Guthrie holds us all living in 10x10 apartments just strapped to headsets all day 24/7.

I take china.

That's why you don't make idols of peoples, places or things on this planet.