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China Places Ban on Kids Playing Video Games During the Week, Allows 1 Hour a Day on Weekends
China will be effectively restricting anyone under the age of 18 from playing video games during the week. As part of a mass intervention to curb alleged video game addiction, the Chinese government will only allow minors to play video games between 8 PM and 9 PM on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of each week...
Tencent to Use Face Recognition to Prevent Minors From Gaming at Night
China-based game developer Tencent has today announced that it will soon start using facial recognition to prevent minors from playing video games late into the night. According to Gizmodo, Tencent is attempting to keep ahead of the new regulations introduced by the Chinese government. A recently pass Chinese law includes a ban on minors playing...
WeChat Censorship Extends into Canada, Other Foreign Countries: REPORT
Users of the WeChat instant messaging platform can have their content censored even if they leave China or switch to an overseas phone number. For those who are not familiar, WeChat is China’s top messaging app. With billions of accounts and hundreds of millions of active users, both in China and abroad, users communicate through...
TELUS Partners with Tencent to Launch WeChat Go Travellers SIM Cards
Today, TELUS launched a partnership with Tencent to give Chinese tourists an exciting new option when they travel to Canada and the United States. The new WeChatGo Go Travellers SIM card will provide seamless 4G LTE coverage on TELUS for travellers when they come to North America. The card works with the WeChat Go Mini Program and...