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China Drafts New Rules to Curb Internet Addiction Among Children and Teens (www.scmp.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Summary of proposed limits by Twitter user @Orikron

🇨🇳 China is set to limit the amount of time children spend on the internet:

16 to 18 - 2 hours

8 to 16 - 1 hour

Under 8 - 40 minutes

No internet access on children’s devices from 10pm-6am

Parents will be allowed to opt out of the time limits for their youngsters.

Edit: additional info from @[email protected]:

Parents can change default time limits

Reminder to rest every 30 minutes

Apps not subject to time limits include:

Emergency-related (safety, emergency calling etc.)

Approved educational apps

Tools suitable for minors (image processing, calculator, measurement etc.)

User-defined by parents

Full draft available in Chinese: http://www.cac.gov.cn/2023-08/02/c_1692541991073784.htm

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here's the full draft in Chinese: http://www.cac.gov.cn/2023-08/02/c_1692541991073784.htm. It's actual 40 minutes for "Under 8" and not 8 minutes. Here's my own summary:

The proposed guidelines do not just affect smartphones, but all mobile smart devices for kids.

The proposed 5 age groups are:

Under 3
3 to under 8
8 to under 12
12 to under 16
16 to under 18

Default time limits are (parents can exempt all time limits):

under 8: 40 minutes
8 to under 16: 1 hour
16 to under 18: 2 hours
Reminder to rest every 30 minutes
No service to be provided to minors from 10PM to 6AM the next day

Apps not subject to time limits:

emergency-related (safety, emergency calling etc.)
approved educational apps
tools suitable for minors (image processing, calculator, measurement etc.)
User-defined by parents

Content providers are also required to provide age-based service under "minor mode". You can find the recommendations for different age groups under the heading "五、移动互联网应用程序未成年人模式要求（一）基本要求", it's too long for me to translate.

There's more information in the full draft, this proposed guidelines is basically a mix of parental controls and NSFM (NSFW but for minors, not safe for minors) requirements for content providers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I've updated the original post with some of your info