Cinderella law – Video Game News, Reviews, Walkthroughs And Guides | GamingBolt https://gamingbolt.com Get a Bolt of Gaming Now! Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:12:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 South Korea Introduce ‘Cinderella Law’ Banning Under 16’s From Midnight Gaming https://gamingbolt.com/south-korea-introduce-cinderall-law-banning-under-16s-from-midnight-gaming https://gamingbolt.com/south-korea-introduce-cinderall-law-banning-under-16s-from-midnight-gaming#respond Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:25:19 +0000 http://gamingbolt.com/?p=56219 When Starcraft is sometimes referred to as your national sport, you know you’re a country with a lot of dedicated gamers. Alas, sometimes one can love a thing too much and South Korea has encountered numerous wide-spread issues regarding game addiction. In a bid to prevent younger players from developing said problems, the South Korean government are introducing a new ‘Cinderella’ law, whereby gamers under 16 years of age will be blocked from online play from midnight to 6am. This has, of course, kicked of a whole world of criticism in regards to the civil rights of children. The Korean Association of Game Industry, which includes several prominent businesses, is preparing a lawsuit based on its claim that the law is excessively prohibitive.

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