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Roehl Niño Bautista · · 1 min readTencent sued by Chinese children’s rights NGO for its Honor of Kings game
“A children’s rights organization on Tuesday slapped Tencent Holdings with a public interest lawsuit, alleging that the internet giant’s blockbuster video game Honor of Kings violates the rights of minors by encouraging addictive behavior and showing inappropriate content,” reported South China Morning Post.
Details:
- Beijing-based Children’s Law Aid And Research Center alleges that Tencent’s Honor of Kings exposes underaged players to sexual images, violence, and historical inaccuracies.
- The lawsuit challenges Tencent’s biggest game, which has around 100 million daily active users, in a country where addiction to games among children prompted an update on its Minors Protection Law. The case was filed when the updated law came into effect.
Context:
- China’s gaming restrictions are one of the strictest in the world, although underaged users still find loopholes to access blocked content.
- Chinese state media has criticized how Honor of Kings sparks addictive tendencies, calling it a “poison” and “drug” according to the South China Morning Post report.
Editing by Collin Furtado and Eileen C. Ang
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