And with them comes the attention of millions of followers.

而隨之而來的，是數百萬粉絲的關注。

In 2020 with rather few covid 19 restrictions in place, Dubai became a popular destination for influencers trying to escape lockdowns in their home countries.

在2020年，隨著相當少的covid 19限制的實施，迪拜成為試圖逃避本國鎖定的影響者的熱門目的地。

But the seemingly glamorous lifestyle comes with a catch.

但看似光鮮的生活方式卻有一個問題。

They are not allowed to criticize their new home, Dubai, in terms of coming across Western and appealing, the certainly wants to position themselves as a destination attractive for travel and investment for Westerners.

他們不允許責備他們的新家迪拜，在來西方和吸引人的方面，當然希望將自己定位為對西方人有吸引力的旅遊和投資目的地。

So the U.

所以U。

S has been seen as it's quite open until you actually, then you realize there are some lines you definitely don't want.

S一直被看做是很開放的，直到你真正，才發現有些臺詞你絕對不要。

Across Dubai present itself as the number one backdrop for influenza deals with luxurious brands.

迪拜各地呈現出與奢侈品牌流感交易的第一背景。

I love the place, and it gave me a very strong career.

我喜歡這個地方，它給了我一個非常強大的事業。

I gave me a very good start, which which I would always be thankful, Uh, you know, for So for example, me being an Indian influenza, if they want to talk about Indians in Pakistani Asians, uh, then a lot of brands would want to work with me.

我給了我一個很好的開端，我會一直感謝，呃，你知道，所以，比如說，我是一個印度流感，如果他們想談論巴基斯坦亞洲人中的印度人，呃，那麼很多品牌會想和我合作。

The sheer number of influencers even prompted the United Arab Emirates to introduce a media license just for influencers.

龐大的影響者數量甚至促使阿拉伯聯合酋長國推出了專門針對影響者的媒體許可證。

What appeals to influences apart from just the destination itself and the environment is, um, that they've attracted some massive brands from around the world some of the largest companies to base themselves in Dubai or to at least have a major regional hub in Dubai.

除了目的地本身和環境之外，吸引人的是，嗯，他們已經吸引了一些來自世界各地的大型品牌，一些最大的公司將自己的基地設在迪拜，或者至少在迪拜有一個主要的區域中心。

And that makes them particularly attractive because there are lots of commercial opportunities for influences to enter into.

而這也使得他們特別有吸引力，因為有很多商業機會的影響進入。

And it also works out for the day in Dubai itself because it really puts them on the map.

而且這也是迪拜本身的一天，因為它真的讓他們在地圖上。

Appearing safe, modern and liberal is beyond valuable for the Gulf state, and many influences feel at home here, although it's in Arabic country or fortunately, the by particularly do not have any kind of crazy restrictions, which is great.

顯得安全、現代和自由是超乎尋常的寶貴的海灣國家，和許多影響感覺在這裡，雖然它是在阿拉伯國家或幸運的是，由特別是沒有任何形式的瘋狂限制，這是偉大的。

So they are quite liberal, I can say.

所以他們可以說是相當自由的。

And yet, critics point out, Dubai ranks very badly when it comes to press freedom.

然而，批評者指出，迪拜在新聞自由方面的排名非常糟糕。

Influencers are expressly forbidden to criticize the Emirates.

明確禁止影響者責備阿聯酋。

People cannot talk negatively about the government.

人們不能消極地談論政府。

They can't talk negatively about the weather or anything that could be considered possibly negative.

他們不能消極地談論天氣或任何可能被認為是消極的事情。

We also have instances where people cannot even share articles that are negative about the criticizing the state and its leaders could land you in jail, as could kissing your partner in public or the endorsement of equal rights for the l G B T Q plus community.

我們也有這樣的例子，人們甚至不能分享關於責備國家及其領導人的負面文章，可能會讓你進監獄，就像在公共場合親吻你的伴侶或認可l G B T Q加社區的平等權利一樣。

In some cases, people have even been jailed for social media posts they created years ago and in a different country.

在某些情況下，人們甚至因為多年前在不同國家創建的社交媒體帖子而被關進監獄。

If you're an influencer, you go there and you break the law.

如果你是一個有影響力的人，你去那裡，你就會犯法。

You cannot guarantee that you're going to be treated in a different way to everyone else.

你不能保證你會受到和別人不一樣的待遇。

You could end up being free within 48 hours if you're lucky, or you could end up with 48 months in a Dubai jail.

如果你幸運的話，你可能會在48小時內獲得自由，或者你可能會在迪拜的監獄裡呆上48個月。

For most influencers, this risk seems far away.

對於大多數影響者來說，這種風險似乎離他們很遠。

In my experience, I don't feel that, uh, there's anything like that that you know you'll be criticized or you'll be detained or something of that sort.

在我的經驗中，我不覺得，呃，有這樣的事情，你知道你會被責備，或者你會被拘留或類似的東西。

I have been living here like almost six years until now.

我在這裡住了差不多六年了，直到現在。

I never face and issues, but as I mentioned before, I was always careful what I'm saying.

我從不面對和問題，但正如我之前所說，我總是小心翼翼的說著什麼。

What I'm posting.

我發的是什麼。

Everybody wants to go and sink with the place.

每個人都想去和這個地方一起沉澱。

Nobody wants to be out of the place like especially, you know, with a place like the Bible.

沒有人願意離開這個地方，尤其是，你知道，像《聖經》這樣的地方。

Human rights organizations have raised serious questions about the monarchy rule in Dubai, but those concerns are hard to find on Instagram influences, their sponsors and the U.

人權組織對迪拜的君主制統治提出了嚴重的質疑，但這些擔憂很難在Instagram的影響，他們的贊助商和U。

A e all benefit from this gag rule.

A e都從這一禁言規則中受益。

Yeah, a lot of cases the financial rewards would would certainly outweigh some of those ethical considerations.

是的，很多情況下，經濟上的回報肯定會超過一些道德上的考慮。

So there's been a lot of debate about this, um, in various contexts, within the influence of space.

所以，關於這個，嗯，在不同的背景下，在空間的影響下，有很多的爭論。

And it's a very, very personal decision, and it comes back to that individual influences where they draw that line.

這是一個非常非常個人化的決定，這又回到了個人影響他們劃定那條線的地方。