The Chinese government looks set to tighten laws surrounding online gaming in its country, describing it as an “authority vacuum.”
Although most governments around the world have had a hard time dealing with online gaming in recent years, none appear to have taken as much issue with it as China. The latest example of such is its government’s nationwide ban of new release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
A new report from Taiwan News claims China’s next move will be to ban its gamers from playing online with anyone outside of the country. The Chinese Communist Party is rumored to have used the term “authority vacuum” when describing the world of gaming online. It doesn’t like the lack of regulation when it comes to gamers playing online with people from all over the world.
It reportedly plans to counteract this so-called authority vacuum by expanding “the scope of online censorship in video games”. New laws will require players to use their real names online as opposed to screen names or usernames, and even single-player online games will be monitored. Any games including zombies and plagues, map editing, role-playing, and organizing a union will also be banned under proposed new laws.
Source: Taiwan News
