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Economic Times: The Chinese government has launched a campaign to limit the number of hours teenagers spend online playing games.
Under new rules that took effect Monday, Chinese Internet gaming companies must install a programme that requires users to enter their ID card numbers. After three hours, players under 18 are prompted to stop and “do suitable physical exercise.”
If they continue, the software slashes by half any points earned in the game. All points are wiped out if players stay on more than five hours.
The programme is part of a government campaign to combat Internet gaming addiction, “clean up the Internet environment” and “promote civilized Internet use,” according to guidelines issued by China’s General Administration of Press and Publication.
Though China’s communist government promotes Internet use, it has also set up an extensive surveillance and filtering system to prevent Chinese from accessing material considered obscene or politically subversive.  Read on …
It is continually amazing how easily a hitherto “free” medium can be tethered.