China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week

Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by beaunative on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:54PM (#28357788)

Technically, the state doesn't place restrictions on the kids, which is legally impossible, they place restrictions on the digital entertainment business where they are required to allow entry for kid for no longer than said duration.

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by jrochkind1 on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:57PM (#28357841)

> Technically, the state doesn't place restrictions on the kids, which is legally impossible,

What makes that legally impossible in China? (edit or do you just mean hard to enforce? I thought you meant something different by "legally impossible", I may have misunderstood).

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by beaunative on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:32PM (#28358394)

Kids can't be criminally punished/sued, not for things like these.

Kids can be sued for damages to others which ultimately their parents/guardians would be required to pay which doesn't exist in this case.

This is similar to how age restriction for alcohol is enforced in the US, interestingly, age restriction on alcohol consumption wasn't enforced in China, though made into law.

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by jrochkind1 on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:39PM (#28358495)

thanks!

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by ummwhat on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:06PM (#28357988)

The hills are high and the emperor is far away.

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