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China Pushes Real Name System For Online Games

Posted by timothy on from the blizzard-was-avant-garde dept.

oxide7 writes "Starting from August 1, Chinese Internet users will have to register using their real names for playing online games, China Daily reported on Saturday. The regulation, issued by the Ministry of Culture on June 22, is said to be part of a nationwide campaign to improve management of the virtual gaming industry and protect minors from unwholesome content. It applies to all multiplayer role-playing and social networking games."

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  1. Re:Protect people from unwholesome content? by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 0, Troll

    oh shut up. Freedom is for the wealthy elite, and slavery is for the rest.

  2. Re:Next step? by AlamedaStone · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is simply the logical thing to do. Efficiency is the goal. And it will meet as much resistance as your random airport searches. So docile people have become that anyone who opposes the authorities is now looked down upon as a malcontent and a loon, or worse, an enemy collaborator. The mission has indeed been accomplished. Hearts and minds have been won over. The spirit has been dispatched. And complacency, the desire for convenience has become the routine.

    tl; dr

    --
    "All these years believing you're the signified monkey, only to find out you're just a big hunk of nobody cares."