Chinese Government Restricts Children’s Social Media Use

The Chinese government, which does not take kindly to social media and has carried out various studies in the past, has also announced its latest work in this area. In the statements made by the National Radio and Television Administration of China, it was stated that the internet use of children under the age of 18 will be somewhat restricted. Chinese children will no longer be able to watch live broadcasts after 10:00 pm. In addition, children will not be able to pay tips from their own accounts.

According to the statements made by the Chinese authorities, children’s social media use should be controlled to protect them, and the latest decision is an indication of this. How the decision will be received by Chinese children has already been a matter of curiosity…

The decision does not cover international platforms such as YouTube and Twitch

The Chinese government’s new policy on children The decision will only apply to local platforms. In this context; Popular live streaming platforms such as Douyin and Bilibili, the Chinese version of TikTok, will be within the scope of the decision. However, international platforms such as YouTube and Twitch will not be restricted within the scope of this decision.

The Chinese government is doing everything it can to restrict social media. For example, some of the most popular social networks in the world are already unavailable in the country. In addition, in line with a decision taken a while ago, the time that children can play has been restricted. As if all of this is not enough, let us remind you that the world’s most popular online game platform, Steam, is used as a special version in China and that most of the games that we can access are not in this country…