Video gamers (Joe Giddens/PA)
(Picture: PA Archive)Children in China are to be banned from tipping video game streamers without parental consent - and they won’t be allowed to play on consoles after 10pm under new rules imposed by authorities.
According to China’s National Radio and Television Administration, it’s part of a regulatory crackdown on web companies to manage how under-18s use technology.
It includes managing youngsters’ peak playing hours and consoles being turned off “forcibly” by 10pm under a concept called “youth mode”.
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Volunteers monitoring online accounts promoting violence, racism and antisemitism says there’s recently been a surge of activity linked to these profiles, which were previously ejected from the platform.
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