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Chinese Youth to Have Smartphone, Internet Use Curbed
Channel News Asia ^ | 02 Aug 2023

Posted on 08/02/2023 1:49:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Chinese children and teens will be cut off from accessing the internet at night and have their smartphone use curbed under new rules unveiled on Wednesday (Aug 2) aimed at fighting internet addiction.

Under the restrictions, set to come into force on Sep 2 following a public consultation, anyone under the age of 18 will be cut off from accessing the internet with a mobile device between 10pm and 6am. A tiered system for managing smartphone usage time will also be imposed, spanning a maximum of 40 minutes a day for those under the age of eight to two hours for 16 and 17-year-olds. The new rules - proposed by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) - are some of the most stringent in the world.

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1 posted on 08/02/2023 1:49:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Like a drug dealer who doesn’t let their kids use the product.


2 posted on 08/02/2023 1:50:44 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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Fighting internet addiction???? Ya,sure! It surely wouldn't be an effort to curb their access to Taiwanese websites advocating resistance to China's policies.
3 posted on 08/02/2023 1:56:05 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: nickcarraway

Totalitarianism.

State are your parents.

The Communist Party is good.


4 posted on 08/02/2023 2:02:54 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yes. There’s more to it than meets the eye.


5 posted on 08/02/2023 2:03:37 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

Will they revolt?

Heard from a guy who visited China in the 2010s.
He said everywhere he went the younger people watched MTV style videos and shows that had Western freedom shown and TV shows that had our cars, fashions and material goods. Many Chinese had bicycles. He said they were upset China was so backward and that their desires were pent up and growing. But their economy was not.

Supposedly Iran has a silent generation with desires for freedom and fashions they cannot have.


6 posted on 08/02/2023 2:12:25 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

They’re aiming, in their totalitarian way, for their children to grow up with brains—unlike modern American children.


7 posted on 08/02/2023 2:14:00 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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They’re aiming, in their totalitarian way, for their children to grow up with brains—unlike modern American children.

Too much true, though for evil purposes.

8 posted on 08/03/2023 5:46:49 AM PDT by daniel1212 (As a damned+destitute sinner turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves souls on His acct + b baptized 2 obey)
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To: nickcarraway

Fweedom


9 posted on 08/03/2023 5:49:55 AM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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