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  • Senator wants to ban 'deceptive' video game ratings

    02/14/2007 12:40:38 PM PST · by JohnSheppard · 41 replies · 609+ views
    Cnet ^ | 02/14/2007 | Anne Broache
    A U.S. Senate Republican with presidential ambitions has renewed his push to slap new regulations on the video and computer game industry, including a ban on "deceptive" labels by ratings outfits. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) on Tuesday reintroduced the Truth in Video Game Rating Act, first proposed last September. It calls for requiring video game rating organizations to play all games "in their entirety" before issuing labels and prohibiting game developers from withholding any "hidden" game content from raters. It would also punish ratings groups that "grossly mischaracterize" any game's content. "The current video game ratings system is not as...