丨Dahe Daily·Dahe Client Reporter Zhang Yi
During the Two Sessions, a proposal proposed by National People's Congress representative Yang Jinlong sparked heated discussions among game enthusiasts. On Weibo, the topic #Suggest minors to swipe their faces when playing online games# has reached 100 million views.
In an interview with the media, Yang Jinlong said that as a teacher, he is very concerned about the impact of online games on minors. He believes that it is urgent to introduce mature biometric technologies in the game registration, login and fee payment links, such as face-scanning login and face-scanning payment, and establish corresponding systems to urge game platforms to strengthen post-scanning management. If minors are involved in online games recharge, the relevant game companies should simplify the refund process.
Minors are addicted to online games, which has not only occurred in recent times. As early as the early 21st century, there was the saying "Internet addicted teenager", and this problem has not been solved well so far. During the epidemic, problems such as excessive addiction and excessive consumption in online games by minors who have been staying at home for a long time have been further amplified, and negative news has emerged one after another. Some children watch game anchors and spend 400,000 yuan in their family savings to reward anchors; some children are taking online classes on the surface, but actually turn on their mobile phones to play mobile games; some children buy skins in mobile games to spend all their money on New Year’s money.
If you have ever played online games, you must know the anti-addiction system in the game. When a player registers an account, you need to enter your name and ID number, and the system will automatically identify whether the player is over 18 years old. If the player is a minor, the game duration will be restricted. After the player continues to play for a certain period of time, he will be unable to play or gain experience and other punishments. This is the so-called "anti-addiction system".
However, such a seemingly beautiful system has natural loopholes: since the system can only judge the player's age by ID number, many underage players search for other people's ID numbers online or download the ID number generator to pass the system test; some players also ask their relatives and friends to borrow their ID cards to register for game accounts. In this way, the anti-addiction system is useless. As netizens said, this system is only useful for honest children.
Netizen comments
On Weibo, netizens liked this proposal, and some netizens left messages saying, "I think this proposal is pretty good. After all, the future is young. A strong youth means a strong country. Because you only stay in your mobile phone, your mobility is limited, and you can only play games when you enter society. If this is true in the future, then your life will be ruined. If extracurricular activities are extended and expanded, not limited to games, I think that is meaningful. I am also a minor. If social management is added, the results will be seen."
Netizen comments
From the current point of view, the "face scanning" function can only exist on mobile games, and it is difficult for PC games to implement this function, let alone foreign game platforms such as Steam that cannot be supervised in China. Therefore, using "face recognition" to curb minors' addiction to online games is just a solution proposed from a technical level. Parents and schools cannot think that "face recognition" can be solved once and for all, and they cannot put all the responsibility for solving problems on game operators. The "primary school students" who grew up with online games have now become parents of students, and they should understand the importance of helping their children develop good online habits.
