China tests facial recognition to limit playing time for minors

China tests facial recognition to limit playing time for minors

Young people from 12 to 18 years old can only play video games for 2 hours



How can you regulate access to videogames for children? China has the answer and is once again in facial recognition and artificial intelligence.

It is not the first time that the Asian giant makes use of this tool to control and monitor its citizens. In this case, video game publisher Tencent is using it in its game Honor of Kings, one of the most popular in the country.

Its facial recognition software allows you to verify the age of players in a few seconds. To date, the tool is in the testing phase in the cities of Beijing and Shenzhen.

This movement of Tencent is not the first step to reduce the addiction to video games that is posing a problem for the Chinese population. Last year, the video game publisher already limited the playing time for children under 12 to one hour a day and always after 9:00 p.m. In contrast, the range of 12 to 18 can only access video games two hours a day.

This has led to an authentic black market for the sale and purchase of accounts for adults that end up in the hands of the smallest. Chinese regulators have previously blamed video games for the increasing rates of myopia and even for distracting the country's soldiers.

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