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UK Drops Plans For Ban of “Legal but Harmful” Content in Online Safety Bill
The UK’s proposed Online Safety Bill, while clearly well-intentioned, honestly feels like it’s probably doomed to be a somewhat embarrassing failure. I mean, most would say that can’t police the internet, but boy is the UK government willing to take a crack at it! While the entire proposal itself is…
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Popular Steam App Used to Share Adult Content in China (Bypassing State Censorship)
I’m sure that many of you are aware that China has quite possibly the strictest and most heavily censored internet in the world (well, with maybe some competition from North Korea). – As part of its ‘morality’ laws, therefore, adult content, and I’m sure you all know what I mean…
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China’s Gaming Regulator Hasn’t Approved ANYTHING Since July 2021!
It’s hardly a secret that the Chinese government isn’t a particularly big fan of gaming. Viewing it as an unnecessary and corruptable distraction for their youth, back in 2018 they officially created a regulatory body specifically tasked with either approving or disapproving games for official release. – What wasn’t allowed?…
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China Lists Around 100 Things Their Citizens Can’t Make Online Videos About!
I have to admit that I sometimes get worried when I write about China. Oh, it’s not over any kind of paranoid fear that one day I might get a knock at the door that may well be my last. It’s more to do with the fact that I might…
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Left 4 Dead 2 is Finally Released Uncensored in Germany
When Left 4 Dead 2 was released back in 2009, it was undoubtedly widely praised by both fans and critics, and even today it still manages to retain a surprisingly active player base. A factor that has undoubtedly represented a major factor in that is that despite its age, a…
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China Bans Gambling, Blood, Bodies & Zombies From Games
China Extends Game Ban Criteria The last year has proven to be a very difficult one for the gaming industry in China. Following a complete overhaul of their censorship system, video games (specifically new releases) were essentially banned in the country while a new ‘ratings’ system was implemented. This did,…
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Thousands Protests Against New Russian Internet Regulation
Russia’s New Internet Regulation Sparks Mass Protests A couple weeks ago, it came to our attention that Russia was looking to implement some rather strict new regulations in regards to the internet. Specifically, in a system similar to that deployed in countries such as China, all internet traffic would pass…
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Valve Decides To Pull Controversial Game From Steam
Valve Pulls Controversial Game From Steam Earlier this week it was revealed that a game with more than a little controversial content was set to be released on Steam. The release date was set for sometime within the next couple of months. At the time of writing, I was deliberately…
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Russia Votes For Tighter Internet Controls
Russia Votes For Stricter Internet Russia has never exactly been known as a country that permits much to go on. At least, not without the government’s knowledge. The last time they let the reigns loose in that regard the Tsar was shot. It seems, however, that following a vote within…
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Reddit Users Fear Censorship After Tencent Investment
Reddit Censorship Fears One of the biggest criticisms of the internet today is the manner in which such a significant amount of content is either not allowed or is blocked. I should make the distinction that by this, I am not referring to illegal content, but the ability to say…
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China Retailers Skip Game Ban By Making Their Own Cover Art
Chinese Retailers Look To Bypass Gaming Ban It’s hardly a secret that in terms of media restrictions, China is one of the most heavily monitored and censored countries on the planet. In fact, every time I write about the country part of me is convinced that someone over there is…
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China Approves 2nd Wave Of Video Game Releases
China Approves More Video Games Throughout the world, there are few countries that regulate their media more strictly than China. The only possible exception I could think of is North Korea. In it’s simplest terms, for something to make it into the mainstream media in China, it has to be…
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China Officially Starts Approving Games Again
China Approving Games Again Earlier this year, China was clearly unhappy at some of the video games that were being approved for release in the country. As I’m sure you’re aware, the country has what is quite possibly the worlds most heavily restricted media. In it’s most basic terms if…
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China Finally Appoints “Video Game Ethics” Panel
China Appoints “Video Game Ethics” Panel With China’s immense population it’s hardly any surprise that releasing a game in the country can provide a huge boon in terms of sales revenue. There is, however, more than a few issues with that. Firstly, you have the matter of the countries very…
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Senior Google Staff Publicly Criticise China Search Engine
Senior Google Staff Publicly Criticise Company For around 6 months now, we have known that Google has been quite keen to work on introducing a version of their search engine to China. To comply with their censorship regulations, this would clearly have to allow some searches while blocking others. It…
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