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Brazil Tribe Sues New York Times For Calling Them 'Porn Addicts' In Report
The report mentioned that nine months after the Marubo tribe got internet through Starlink, its teenagers were spending too much time on phones, playing violent video games, watching pornography.
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Teen Allegedly Dies By Suicide After Being Stopped From Playing Mobile Game In Haryana
A 15-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide in Haryana's Kurukshetra district after his family stopped him from playing a mobile phone game, police said on Friday.
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Children Addicted To Video Games, Smartphones At Risk Of Psychosis: Study
However, researchers said the technology itself is not to be blamed, adding that a child's addiction to the devices could be a warning that they are already vulnerable to mental illness.
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Man Forces 11-Year-Old Son To Play Video Games For 17 Hours Without Sleep As Punishment
As part of a screen time lesson, a father in China forced his 11-year-old son to play video games straight for 17 hours without sleep after catching him using his phone in bed.
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China Has Resolved Its Youth Game Addiction Problem, Top Industry Body Claims
China has successfully resolved the problem of game addiction among its youth, the country's top gaming industry association said in a report. Last year, regulators introduced rules to curb game addiction, barring anyone under 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week. The move came as part of a broad regulatory crackdown against...
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Chinese Official Sacked for Negligence, Video Game Addiction; Faces Criminal Investigation
The Chinese government has sacked an official for negligence, video game addiction and several other offences, following the miscarriage of a patient after she was barred entry into hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions. The official, Li Qiang, has been removed from his post as director of the medical emergency centre in Xi'an, kicked out of the r...
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Gaming Time Limit Loopholes Should Be Closed, China State Media Says
Chinese state media said loopholes allowing minors to bypass new rules aimed at curbing gaming play time to three hours per week should be removed to "prevent addiction."
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3 Hours A Week: China's New Rules For Children Playing Video Games
China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as "spiritual opium".
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Boy, 13, Killed By Minor In Fight Over PUBG, Accused Arrested: Cops
A 13-year-old boy, who had gone missing from his house in Mangaluru was found murdered early on Sunday and one person was arrested in this connection, police sources said.
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Stopped From Playing Video Games, Teenager Dies By Suicide In UP: Police
A 15-year-old boy on Friday died allegedly by suicide after his parents stopped him from playing video games in Uttar Pradesh's Noida.
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Brazil Tribe Sues New York Times For Calling Them 'Porn Addicts' In Report
The report mentioned that nine months after the Marubo tribe got internet through Starlink, its teenagers were spending too much time on phones, playing violent video games, watching pornography.
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Teen Allegedly Dies By Suicide After Being Stopped From Playing Mobile Game In Haryana
A 15-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide in Haryana's Kurukshetra district after his family stopped him from playing a mobile phone game, police said on Friday.
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Children Addicted To Video Games, Smartphones At Risk Of Psychosis: Study
However, researchers said the technology itself is not to be blamed, adding that a child's addiction to the devices could be a warning that they are already vulnerable to mental illness.
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Man Forces 11-Year-Old Son To Play Video Games For 17 Hours Without Sleep As Punishment
As part of a screen time lesson, a father in China forced his 11-year-old son to play video games straight for 17 hours without sleep after catching him using his phone in bed.
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China Has Resolved Its Youth Game Addiction Problem, Top Industry Body Claims
China has successfully resolved the problem of game addiction among its youth, the country's top gaming industry association said in a report. Last year, regulators introduced rules to curb game addiction, barring anyone under 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week. The move came as part of a broad regulatory crackdown against...
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Chinese Official Sacked for Negligence, Video Game Addiction; Faces Criminal Investigation
The Chinese government has sacked an official for negligence, video game addiction and several other offences, following the miscarriage of a patient after she was barred entry into hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions. The official, Li Qiang, has been removed from his post as director of the medical emergency centre in Xi'an, kicked out of the r...
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Gaming Time Limit Loopholes Should Be Closed, China State Media Says
Chinese state media said loopholes allowing minors to bypass new rules aimed at curbing gaming play time to three hours per week should be removed to "prevent addiction."
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3 Hours A Week: China's New Rules For Children Playing Video Games
China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as "spiritual opium".
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Boy, 13, Killed By Minor In Fight Over PUBG, Accused Arrested: Cops
A 13-year-old boy, who had gone missing from his house in Mangaluru was found murdered early on Sunday and one person was arrested in this connection, police sources said.
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Stopped From Playing Video Games, Teenager Dies By Suicide In UP: Police
A 15-year-old boy on Friday died allegedly by suicide after his parents stopped him from playing video games in Uttar Pradesh's Noida.
