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China moots midnight bans to combat internet addiction
Anybody under the age of 18 would also have to register for the games with their identity cards and the information would be stored on the game operator\'s servers. The games should be designed to deter young people from becoming addicted and software developed to detect under-age users. The draft rules are open
​Beijing : Children in China could be banned from playing online games after midnight under a new rule designed to combat internet addiction amid rising concerns over mushrooming military style "boot camps" treatment centres. The rules, released by the Cyberspace Administration of China last week, also call on schools to work with "institutions" to help rehabilitate young internet addicts, raising concerns about the risks to children at "boot camp" treatment centres. If the regulations go into effect, web game developers would have to block minors from playing online games from midnight to 8 am, Hong Kong based South China Morning Post reported.
Anybody under the age of 18 would also have to register for the games with their identity cards and the information would be stored on the game operator's servers. The games should be designed to deter young people from becoming addicted and software developed to detect under-age users. The draft rules are open to public feedback until the end of the month, the report said. The regulations are the latest official effort to stop young people from spending too much time on online games.
Last month a 16-year-old girl from northern China killed her mother because she was angered by the harsh treatment she received when she was sent to an internet addiction treatment centre. The girl said she had been beaten and ill-treated at the "boot camp" in Shandong province where she spent four months earlier this year.
According to the China Internet Network Information Centre, 23 per cent of China's internet users were aged below 19, as of June 2016, with the total number of internet users stated to be 750 million. Military-style "boot camps" promoting themselves as treatment centres for internet addiction have flourished in China.
