Game Over: Facial recognition deployed as tool to limit gaming hours
Representative Image Chennai: But the room to maneuver is shrinking in China, where underage players are required to log on using their real names and identification numbers as part of countrywide regulations aimed at limiting screen time and keeping internet addiction in check. In 2019, the country imposed a cybercurfew barring those under 18 from playing games between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. Recognising that wily teenagers might try to use their parentsâ devices or identities to circumvent the restrictions, the Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent said this week that it would close th...