At the 2021 China Game Industry Annual Meeting this month, Tencent revealed for the first time its counter-measure and changes after the government’s recent policy to restrict minors from indulging in, and becoming addicted, to online games. Zheng Lei, head of Tencent’s minor protection program, acknowledged they hadn’t proposed any complete solution, but that the company would be engaged in the long-term exploration of solutions to the issue, and that technical development was needed for future assistance.
In the meantime, Tencent has reached cooperation with smartphone makers to equip phones with growth guard platform modules. They are also promoting the construction of a security guard platform together with the Ministry of Education and has cooperated with operators to install a template for minors on smartphones.
Lei said that, on average, 6.86 million accounts use facial recognition to login everyday. Over 70% of the accounts that used facial recognition were subject to the anti-addiction supervision, as these accounts were declined or failed the verification.
Lei spoke about Tencent’s new team, which was created to provide technical and implementation assistance through the group’s joint project team. He added that this action cost as much as $1.57 million to implement, but the company has not encountered any financial or approval obstacles when it was implemented.
(All information was provided by Pandaily)
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