China Plans To Restrict New Games Coming Into the Country and Limit the Time Kids Spend Online (bloomberg.com) 33
China's regulators plan to curtail the number of online games and discourage play-time, part of a broader effort to tackle device addiction and other ills that sent shares reeling from the U.S. to Japan. From a report: The curbs were just one aspect of a swathe of edicts intended to address the health and growing incidence of myopia among children. But they come on top of a months-long freeze in game approvals, further muddying the waters for an industry that labors under one of the world's most opaque regulatory regimes.
While the new regulations encompassed everything from encouraging outdoor activities to usage of electronics, investors zeroed in on the game curbs during a highly sensitive time for the industry. The government hasn't given any explanation for a freeze on title approvals since March, prompting debate over whether it's a temporary halt due to regulatory reshuffling or whether Beijing is planning a crackdown in a wider campaign against online content. Tencent's inability to monetize its hottest games also cast doubt over the relationship between the world's largest gaming company and the government.
While the new regulations encompassed everything from encouraging outdoor activities to usage of electronics, investors zeroed in on the game curbs during a highly sensitive time for the industry. The government hasn't given any explanation for a freeze on title approvals since March, prompting debate over whether it's a temporary halt due to regulatory reshuffling or whether Beijing is planning a crackdown in a wider campaign against online content. Tencent's inability to monetize its hottest games also cast doubt over the relationship between the world's largest gaming company and the government.
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Yes, the poor kids will be restricted. This doesn't apply to the rich ones.
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Limiting the amount of time kids spend online is a great idea.
Gee, now wouldn't it be great if we could offer kids other interesting and fun alternatives, so they wouldn't want to spend so much time online . . . ?
Oh well . . . kids would probably express their new interests in blackjack, hookers and coke . . .
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Drop the coke, add a theme park and then you've got something!
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Yeah, right (Score:2)
so the apple IOS store and goolge play will be mod (Score:2)
so the apple IOS store and google play will be moderated?
isn't it blocked? (Score:2)
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