Tencent’s creepy new facial recognition system detects kids gaming at night
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The Next Web
The teenage joy of late-night gaming sessions faces an uncertain future in China.
Tech giant Tencent has launched a time-sensitive facial recognition system that prevents minors from binging on video games after dark.
The platform, called “Midnight Patrol,” arrives amid a moral panic over gaming addiction among children in China. Under-18s are now barred from gaming between 10PM and 8AM, and must register for games using their real names and government ID numbers. Tencent‘s system uses a facial verification system connected to a public identity database to detect minors posing as adults during the curfew.
