Stricter censorship on MMORPGs in China
March 20, 2009 by Joel Tan
Filed under Asian MMO, Asian MMO Players
No surprise there, considering the Chinese government already has safeguards in place to reel in what it perceives as harmful to its more-than-a-billion youths. Take, for instance, its regulation early last year of online video.
This time around, China is setting its sights on regulating foreign online games, including the highly popular World of Warcraft, operated in the mainland by The9.
Here’s the lowdown on the plan for stricter censorship from China-based online games portal 17173:
China’s deputy director for general administration of press and publication (GAPP), in a recent interview, said that his office will enhance censorship on foreign online games, including …read more
