China Net addicts problem
p2pnet.net News:- China estimates it has, “about 15.4 million youths among its 123 million Internet users” and, “Two million of them are Internet addicts, and the number is increasing rapidly.”
With that in mind, the country is considering amending its laws, “to encourage research and development of technology to stop minors from becoming Internet addicts,” says Shanghai Daily.com.
Do you feel queasy if you can’t surf at will? Is checking your email frequently an essential part of your day? If you can’t cruise your favourite blogs, do you feel something’s gone wrong? In other words, are you a Net Addict?
Those are some of the questions asked by Stanford researchers in the US,
Now, in China, “The draft amendment of the law on the protection of minors would encourage development of such technology as software that can terminate online gaming at a fixed time,” says ShanghaiDaily.com. “The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress is reviewing it during its second deliberation of the amendment.
“The draft amendment also bans commercial dance halls, bars and Internet cafes from admitting minors.”
Also prohibited would be the, “production and sale of books, newspapers, audio-video products, computer games and cartoons with pornographic, violent, disturbing contents or gambling information to minors”.
Also See:
Shanghai Daily.com – Technology to prevent Net addiction considered , October 28, 2006
surf at will – Stanford ‘Net addict’ study, October 19, 2006
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