Researchers warn some Chinese Australian community members may be stuck in an information silo on WeChat, with information from the No Voice campaign saturating the social media platform.
The 50-year-old Sydney accountant has already cast his vote against the Voice ahead of the referendum, and he believes many other Chinese Australians will do the same.
"I'd like to see more facts … now it's full of opinions, but what exactly is the referendum going to be about? What is the Voice set up to suggest?With the nationwide vote on the Voice now just a week away, the ABC has spoken to several members of the Chinese Australian community about how they're approaching the referendum, and how discussions about what it will or won't do are playing out on Chinese language platforms.
In the end, he decided to vote No because he felt the Yes campaign had provided "inadequate content on the actual practice" of the Voice, and how it would work — a criticism which has been made repeatedly by No campaigners. The referendum pamphlet distributed by the Australian Electoral Commission lays out both the Yes and the No case in multiple languages, including Chinese.But some Chinese Australians say they have struggled to find it — in part because people have to scan a QR code on the English-language pamphlet, or know how to search for it online.
She added that while Yes campaign materials barely appeared on the platform — and received only glancing attention when they did — coverage of the referendum was often dismissive, or wrapped into coverage of other topics such as immigration or the cost of living.
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