In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much
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In China, 'Fortnite' Penalizes Minors for Playing Too Much
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#2Unlike other heavy-handed attempts by the Chinese government to control their populace, this one seems like it has potential to be a net positive.
On the other hand, I expect minors to get creative at circumventing the blocks. "Borrowing" a parent's ID, for example.
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#3Many games in China implement limits like this. World of warcraft has a fatigue system that scales xp for example
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#4Just because a removal of freedom seems to be beneficial doesn’t make this any less of a human rights abuse. The right to free expression is inherent in all people, and it is unconscionable that the Chinese government censors expression in this way.
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#5I could definitely see something like this happening in European countries under health concerns.
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#6Just because a removal of freedom seems to be beneficial doesn’t make this any less of a human rights abuse. The right to free expression is inherent in all people, and it is unconscionable that the Chinese government censors expression in this way.
There is a world where we find that certain game mechanics trigger the same reactions in our brains as gambling, in which case limiting/regulating game time is not a bad thing.
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#7Just because a removal of freedom seems to be beneficial doesn’t make this any less of a human rights abuse. The right to free expression is inherent in all people, and it is unconscionable that the Chinese government censors expression in this way.
There is a world where we find that certain game mechanics trigger the same reactions in our brains as gambling, in which case limiting/regulating game time is not a bad thing.
They aren’t limiting game time. They are censoring publishers from publishing their game as written.
It is absolutely a bad thing, even if you think the end result is a benefit - that was my point.
Separately, the laws against gambling are similarly infringing upon basic human rights to free association and free communication/expression.
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#8Just because a removal of freedom seems to be beneficial doesn’t make this any less of a human rights abuse. The right to free expression is inherent in all people, and it is unconscionable that the Chinese government censors expression in this way.
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) we seem to normalize violating the rights of minors.
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#9Just because a removal of freedom seems to be beneficial doesn’t make this any less of a human rights abuse. The right to free expression is inherent in all people, and it is unconscionable that the Chinese government censors expression in this way.
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) we seem to normalize violating the rights of minors.
The rights that were violated were those of the publisher, by government censorship. They have the right to free expression, and Chinese officials will imprison them by force if they use it.
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#10Just because a removal of freedom seems to be beneficial doesn’t make this any less of a human rights abuse. The right to free expression is inherent in all people, and it is unconscionable that the Chinese government censors expression in this way.
> The inalienable right to play Fortnite.
All governments restrict certain behaviors: alcohol (dui, public intoication, etc.), drugs(prohibition, prescription only), gambling.
Now, it’s fair to say that doing those, and doing them as much or as long as you like, is an inalienable right-like “expression”-is absolutely a position you can take. But all countries seem to agree that we shouldn’t do certain things, at least not to excess.