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Chinese video gamers are to have their facers scanned while playing after 10pm to make sure they are not children breaking curfew rules imposed two years ago.
The country's gaming giant Tencent is rolling out the technology to stop children playing between 10pm and 8am.
According to the BBC, the 'midnight-patrol' technology will stop 'tricks' which circumvent rules imposed in 2019.
The regulations introduced both a curfew for children and also a cap on what young gamers could spend in-game transactions.
Under the laws, the gamers have to register with their official IDs, which are linked to a national database. However, children are said to have been using adults' IDs instead of their own.
Now, Tencent's rules will mean anyone playing for a certain length of time will have their faces scanned to prove they are an adult.
Chinese video gamers are to have their facers scanned while playing after 10pm to make sure they are not children breaking curfew rules imposed two years ago
Tencent, which is the world's biggest game company, began testing its system in 2018.
With mobile gaming being far more popular in China than in Western nations, many of the firm's top titles are on smart phones.
The facial recognition will utilise the cameras which are installed on smartphones as standard.
Previous figures showed that more than 14 per cent of China's minors, or 33million people aged under 16, are obsessed with the internet.
The 2019 regulations also stopped users younger than 16 from playing games for more than an hour and a half a day on weekdays or more than three hours a day on weekends and official holidays.
The country's gaming giant Tencent is rolling out the technology to stop children playing between 10pm and 8am
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