Chinese youth to have smartphone, internet use curbed

[Mista]

Chinese youth to have smartphone, internet use curbed

BEIJING: Chinese children and teens will be cut off from accessing the internet at night and have their smartphone use curbed under new rules unveiled on Wednesday (Aug 2) aimed at fighting internet addiction. Under the restrictions, set to come into force on Sep 2 following a public cons

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BEIJING: Chinese children and teens will be cut off from accessing the internet at night and have their smartphone use curbed under new rules unveiled on Wednesday (Aug 2) aimed at fighting internet addiction.

Under the restrictions, set to come into force on Sep 2 following a public consultation, anyone under the age of 18 will be cut off from accessing the internet with a mobile device between 10pm and 6am.

A tiered system for managing smartphone usage time will also be imposed, spanning a maximum of 40 minutes a day for those under the age of eight to two hours for 16 and 17-year-olds.

The new rules - proposed by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) - are some of the most stringent in the world.

Parents will be able to bypass them if they wish, however.

The CAC said the rules would "improve the positive role of the internet, create a favourable network environment, prevent and intervene in minors' internet addiction problems, and guide minors to form good internet use habits".

The measures would build upon existing efforts to strengthen the online protection of minors, it added, including by "enriching age-appropriate content" and reducing "the influence of bad information".

Beijing authorities have pursued expansive regulation of the domestic tech sector in recent years, due in part to concerns over the risk posed to young people by digital technology.

In 2021, China capped the amount of gaming time for children with the stated aim of fighting addiction, and froze approvals of new games for nine months, hammering the bottom lines of many companies including sector titan Tencent.

And Wednesday's decision suggests Beijing's regulatory clampdown on domestic tech giants continues.

Stocks of many leading Chinese internet firms fell Wednesday following the CAC's announcement, with Tencent's Hong Kong-listed shares down 3 per cent.

Meanwhile, web search, AI and online services giant Baidu saw its shares fall 3.75 per cent during trading in Hong Kong.

 

[casual]

it's not hard to create account using their parent's IDs to get around this.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

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Under the restrictions, set to come into force on Sep 2 following a public consultation,

..and so the slippery slope starts again..

 

[CIA Mole]

the fact that they can even do this to people phones is fucked

 

[hirobo2]

It's a good idea. Protect the kids so excessive phone usage doesn't become a bad habit for them later on like smoking or drinking alcohol. PLUS holding your phone too long is bad for human posture.

 

[REhorror]

I'm interested to know how they manage to do this? Facial recognition, ID checking?

 

[Stranagor]

..and so the slippery slope starts again..

Why not? Kids should instead study better things such as the thoughts of the glorious leader who knows everything. Every. Thing.

 

[beijingwalker]

China wants to do this, China wants to do that...lol, whatever China wants will get haters very high, China wants to do millions of things

 

[VkdIndian]

Great news. I would say take away the phones completely. And no internet too.

They can get all the teachings of Papa Xi through the little red book.

 

[casual]

I'm interested to know how they manage to do this? Facial recognition, ID checking?

Industry standard way is though multi account with different access privileges. The parents will create a minor account for their child that will block inappropriate content and turn off after 10pm.

 

[REhorror]

Industry standard way is though multi account with different access privileges. The parents will create a minor account for their child that will block inappropriate content and turn off after 10pm.

But the kid can create their own account no?

 

[casual]

But the kid can create their own account no?

only if they know their parent's password

 

[Viet]

I'm interested to know how they manage to do this? Facial recognition, ID checking?

technically not a problem at all
Ccp has the means to do total control aka North Korea.
Everybody that is seen watching western television will be shot by execution commando.

 

[etylo]

technically not a problem at all
Ccp has the means to do total control aka North Korea.
Everybody that is seen watching western television will be shot by execution commando.

Are you drunk ?

 

[REhorror]

only if they know their parent's password

Kids not having their own phones? I doubt that.