China wants to limit teens to using their phones for just an hour a day to fight rising ‘internet addiction’::The Cyberspace Administration of China announced proposed regulations for children’s smartphone usage, including a “minor mode” with time limits.

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    they’re mandating that phones have these controls available to parents for free, not that they are on. Makes a lot of sense imo

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      11 months ago

      The article suggests otherwise:

      No Chinese person under 18 would be allowed to use a smartphone for more than two hours a day if the rules become law.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah and then they mandatorily hard code a face scanner in that automatically activates that mode… They have already done that with PCs.