08-30-2021, 09:31 PM | #1 |
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China's Youth Are Now Only Allowed Three Hours Of Gaming Per Week
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ch.../1100-6495707/
China's rules for gaming just got stricter, as the country has issued new measures to crack down on an alleged video game addiction that has been blamed for everything from various societal ills to poor performance at schools. According to the Wall Street Journal, gamers under the age of 18 will not be allowed to play online games between 8 PM and 9 PM on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. "Gaming addiction has affected studies and normal life, and many parents have become miserable," China's National Press and Publication Administration said in a statement. There will be some relief during school holidays though, as children will be allowed 60 minutes per day for gaming. As for how China plans to enforce this, the country's government has a number of methods at its disposal for ensuring that its youth sticks to the gaming curfew. Identity cards are required for playing online, while a facial recognition system introduced in July by tech giant Tencent has proven to be effective at catching any children pretending to be adults in order to get around the government gaming curfew. Companies are also prohibited from offering gaming services outside of those stipulated hours. China had previously banned late-night games and players were restricted to 90 minutes per weekday and three hours on weekends and holidays. Over the last few months though, China's government has introduced a number of new rules to an industry that makes billions of dollars in revenue every year across the world with the likes of Genshin Impact and Tencent's League of Legends. Meanwhile, South Korea announced recently that it was scrapping a law that prevented young people from playing online video games late at night. Introduced in 2011 and targeted at players aged 16 or under, South Korean minors were prevented from playing online PC games between midnight and 6 AM. Out of respect for its younger citizens rights, the law will be abolished and replaced by a choice permit system that allows players to request a permit per game and play during self-assigned hours that their parents will sign off on.
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08-31-2021, 12:24 AM | #2 |
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08-31-2021, 01:16 AM | #3 |
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It will only lead to China youth finding new ways to avoid it.
China basically runs on rakes right now. Like USSR once did. |
08-31-2021, 06:18 AM | #4 |
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They can just play offline instead.
The funny and scary thing is that soon, all Chinese people will play a massively multiplayer online video game, no matter if they're interested in it or not. I'm talking about the mass camera surveillance system the People's Republic of China planned to start in 2020, thankfully the Corona Pandemic postponed it. One of the greatest gifts ever that Corona ever gave to the world. Last edited by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan; 08-31-2021 at 06:29 AM. |
08-31-2021, 06:32 AM | #5 |
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Knowing China, they will implement it anyway.
I hope to see the day when last big commie shithole will fall apart. |
08-31-2021, 06:42 AM | #6 |
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That was supposed to happen a couple of years ago, following the end of the Cold War when the world was dominated and guided by the Western democracies. Sadly, since then the People's Republic of China has grown more powerful.
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08-31-2021, 08:30 AM | #7 | |
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West used China as its factory and it enhanced their economy and ties to the rest of the world, to the point, where harming China might have an unforeseen consequences for the rest of the world. It is something that was obvious, so I think, West knew what they were doing. |
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08-31-2021, 08:33 AM | #8 |
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Pfff they'll just play retro games or something.
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08-31-2021, 08:43 AM | #9 |
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Given enough time this will be what the Pelosis of the country will one day push.
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08-31-2021, 08:54 AM | #10 |
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Indeed. It'll be Joe Lieberman and the 1993 congressional video game hearings "cranked up to eleven."
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