Hour of Gaming a Day and Facial Recognition - Chinese Holidays by Tencent
Chinese children are unlikely to spend their entire winter holidays playing video games. An hour a day at most, and a facial recognition system will make sure of that. Tencent is tightening restrictions on minors in their free time.
- Playing games for only an hour a day and face verification - these are China's new restrictions on minors during the holidays.
Underage gamers in China are under increasing scrutiny. Tech giant Tencent announced on Weibo (China's equivalent of Twitter) that school-age children will not be allowed to enjoy digital entertainment for more than an hour a day during the winter holidays (January 17 - February 15). A facial recognition system will help to comply with the restrictions.
Visual verification of identity will be required when logging in to accounts and payment systems (e.g. to purchase currency packs in a game). Refusal or failure to recognize the face may result in loss of access to games. This applies to accounts on the gaming platform Tencent that are managed by minors. However, according to some information also profiles of people over 55 years old are subject to control if they are active at night.
Tencent has already introduced restrictions for minors and facial recognition. Restricting gaming to one hour is just another procedure in line with the directional policy of the Chinese government. And all because China is concerned about the bad influence of video games on minors. Some even consider it as "spiritual opium".
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