On Monday, they introduced new rules limiting the amount of time children can spend on video games. The entertainment industry entered their crosshairs after a series of celebrity scandals involving tax evasion and sexual assault. The notice also said that what it called "deformed" tastes such as "effeminate" aesthetics in programmes should be ended. Unhealthy fan culture should be cracked down on, and voting segments of programmes strictly controlled, with encouragements for fans to spend money to vote strictly forbidden, said the notice. China has stringent rules on content ranging from video games to movies to music, and censors anything it believes violates core socialist values.

Source: bd News24 September 02, 2021 03:00 UTC