China limits children's online gaming to three hours a week

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China on Monday announced a drastic cut to children's online gaming time to just three hours a week during term time, the latest move in a broad crackdown on tech giants in the world's biggest gaming market.

Gamers under 18 will only be allowed to play online between 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, state news agency Xinhua said, in what it described as a bid to curb addiction in the gaming-crazy nation.

On school holidays, children will be allowed to play a little longer, with the allocated time set at 60 minutes per day. Companies are prohibited from offering gaming services outside the stipulated hours, although the statement did not make it clear how rule-breakers would be punished. China's Communist rulers have been reining in big tech and other powerful sectors that draw hundreds of millions of consumers.

 

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