China News Finance, January 17 (Reporter Song Yusheng) Tencent Games and NetEase Games announced the Spring Festival limited play notice on the 17th, and their online games restricted the game time for minors.
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According to the "Calendar for Minors' Winter Vacation Limit" released by Tencent Games, minors can play games for up to 14 hours during the winter vacation this year, and can only play for one hour on the day of the Spring Festival.
According to the calendar, minors can only log in to the game from 20:00 to 21:00 on January 21-23 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), January 28 (Friday), January 31-February 6 (Spring Festival holiday), and February 11-13 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Except for the above periods, minors will not be able to enter the game experience at the rest of the time.
It is also specially reminded that January 29-30 (Saturday and Sunday) adjusted to a working day is a ban on play.
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The reporter learned that NetEase Games also issued a notice for the online game time of minors during the Spring Festival. It is clear that during the Spring Festival holiday, minors can experience the game from 20:00 to 21:00 every day.
Previously, it was reported that there were minors who let grandparents brush their faces to bypass the anti-addiction system. The reporter noted that Tencent Games said that in the head game, all the elderly accounts over 55 years old need face recognition every time they log in.
Tencent Games also said that the frequent use of multiple devices with the same account will trigger face recognition.
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In August 2021, the State Press and Publication Administration issued the Notice on Further Strict Management and Effectively Preventing Minors from Addicting to Online Games. The notice requires that all online game enterprises can only provide 1 hour of service to minors from 20:00 to 21:00 every day on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays, and may not provide online game services to minors in any form at other times. (End)