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China Forms New Body To Review Ethics Risks of Video Games (scmp.com)
China has established a new body that reviews ethical issues in video gaming, marking the country's latest attempt to tighten control over the world's biggest games market. From a report: The recently formed Online Games Ethics Committee has so far evaluated an initial batch of 20 video game titles, according to a report on Friday from state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). This was the first time the committee's existence was made public. Without elaborating, the CCTV report said the ethics committee rejected nine games for publication in the domestic market, while ruling that certain content be modified in the 11 other games that were reviewed.
The report neither revealed which government department the ethics committee was directly under nor identified the 20 games that the body processed. The creation of the Online Games Ethics Committee has come amid concerns over internet addiction, childhood myopia and unsuitable content in China's US$38 billion video games market, which has led Beijing to tighten its control over the industry and freeze the approval of new titles this year.
The report neither revealed which government department the ethics committee was directly under nor identified the 20 games that the body processed. The creation of the Online Games Ethics Committee has come amid concerns over internet addiction, childhood myopia and unsuitable content in China's US$38 billion video games market, which has led Beijing to tighten its control over the industry and freeze the approval of new titles this year.
Not what the public school unions taught you ?
5 out of 6 people enjoy Russian Roulette & 6 out of 7 Dwarfs are not Happy
"Ethical issues"?
Are the article writers afraid to say "government censorship" because they're worried about getting their press credentials pulled and being thrown into prison now that Hong Kong has been turned over to the Communist oligarchy?
The party of stupid and the party of evil get together and do something both stupid and evil, then call it bipartisan.
Seems somewhat appropriate:
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So you're telling me a nation that has a well documented history of being possible one of the, if not the biggest, abuser of human rights is going to tell us about the 'ethics risk' of video game. China; a nation that to this day is known to execute political prisoners and religious minorities and sell their organs on the black market is unironically going to talk about ethics?
What's the sound? It's the sound of a million pots screaming toward the kettle factory at mach speed.
Gov. Lacky: Wang, there's a new game called RAP, could you please look into it?
Wang: (dutifully does his duty) Boss Lacky, RAP is will lead impressionable youngsters into untold acts of perfidy.
BL: Yes, but is there anything wrong with it?
Wang: Dunno, I thought perfidy was fairly wrong.
BL: Small potatoes, Wang...by the way, what does RAP stand for, some sort of rap karaoke game, figures the Japanese would be behind it?
Wang: Nope, it stands for Rage Against the Party.
BL: Wang, please issue a new edict, "Due to the immoral values promoted by the game RAP, it will be taken off the market and anyone caught playing it will submit to some gentle re-integration into proper society." And Wang, make sure the cattle prods are set to Bowel Evacuating High.
So how many Social Credit points did the Motherland award you for making this post?