Tencent begins to limit the game time of minors in China
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Tencent, responsible for companies such as Golden and Riot Games in China, announced that it will limit the playing time of minors in the country, as well as prohibit children under 12 years old to make microtransales in their games.
Tencent is the giant behind games like Free Fire and even League of Legends in Chinese territory, with their own servers and even adaptations within the games to adapt them to local rules and laws.
The advertisement of the company's measure that limits the playing time of young people became just after a report published by the Chinese newspaper Economic Information Daily, which points out honor of Kings (Chinese version of Mobile Arena of Value) as one Of the most of them played by minors, who used to spend more than eight hours a day in the game, according to a note of APnews.
The article in question is unpublished and there is no confirmation that the measure announced by Tencent for honor of the King, in fact, a response to the criticisms carried out by the newspaper.
The decision may also have come in compliance with another law introduced in the country in 2019, which prohibits children under 18 years of age to play between 22:00 and 8:00 am, as well as limiting daily game time at 90 minutes , three hours during holidays.
Also according to Washington Post, Tencent issued an application for other companies to also begin to limit the game time of users. According to the same publication, even the actions of games companies in Chinese territory were affected, and Tencent and others as Netease suffered drops justified by fear of retaliation by the country's government.
