This actually seems positive, if it wasn't for the huge limit on freedom of expression.
The main effect of something like this is to limit divergence from accepted wisdom.
As far as I know, these people are not contributing in any significant way to innovation, so this law is not hindering the progress of science/tech/whatever (compared to if that law applied to people posting on arxiv for example).
Their main contribution seems to be the spreading of bullshit, and degree-holders are less likely to do this (be it thanks to competence or desire to conform to their field's conventions). The law also addresses bullshit explicitly (ads and AI content).
But it's a limit on human rights, so overall worrysome.
The effect they seek could be achieved through some kind of independently granted certification displayed on videos. So degrees are optional, but not having that seal of approval and talking about technical topics would increase viewers' scepticism.
Professional degree holders have been wrong about many, many matters in human history. Hell, we even have a recent example in China where the experts and professionals (including WHO) confidently stated that human to human transmission did not occur for Covid-19.
This actually seems positive, if it wasn't for the huge limit on freedom of expression.
The main effect of something like this is to limit divergence from accepted wisdom.
As far as I know, these people are not contributing in any significant way to innovation, so this law is not hindering the progress of science/tech/whatever (compared to if that law applied to people posting on arxiv for example).
Their main contribution seems to be the spreading of bullshit, and degree-holders are less likely to do this (be it thanks to competence or desire to conform to their field's conventions). The law also addresses bullshit explicitly (ads and AI content).
But it's a limit on human rights, so overall worrysome.
The effect they seek could be achieved through some kind of independently granted certification displayed on videos. So degrees are optional, but not having that seal of approval and talking about technical topics would increase viewers' scepticism.