Can it come for organized religion too? Because no one kills in the name of Doom, but “god” has a lot of blood on its hands.
the regulation in this case is more about exploitation of children in online spaces, not so much about violence in videogames. That question was settled in the 90s.
Again, churches exploit more children than… well, anything. Ban god.
you are making the polite company uncomfortable, boy
The impolite company you mean?
do you want to be excommunicated, my son?
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Apparently we can’t make fun of Jesus on Lemmy
That question was settled in the 90s.
Tell that to the IOC who refused to feature any shooters at the Esports Olympics because they’re “too violent” - they even forced Fortnite to make a target shooting mode for its entry!
the Esports Olympics
I had never heard of it, but I went to find out who won the SC2 gold medal and found out instead that they only included video game versions of established olympic sports, i.e. the fortnite was target shooting mode because target shooting is a sport that’s in the olympics.
Yes, it’s very very silly and is basically the complete opposite of what it should be. It should be the Olympics for Esports, not a bunch of mobile games tangentially related to existing olympic sports.
Not that I would expect better from the IOC.
well that’s the Olympics. They are the dictators of their event, for better or for worse. Rules in the Olympics are important, but they are not legislation or regulation.
Yes, but how. The details matter
That’s what the article is for.
That article is light on implemention details. It talks a lot about the legislation itself, and ways in which it might be implemented.
As currently proposed, KOSA’s pitch on harm reduction policies come in a few forms:
- Establishing a “duty of care” requirement that would potentially hold social networking companies liable if they fail to filter out abusive or exploitative content for minors
- Ban targeted advertising towards minors
- Stronger default privacy protections for minors
Beyond that, the bill is still in progress. It passed the Senate, but not the House, and it might be dead in the water, so there are no specific implementation details just yet. The point of the article is that legislators are aware of online “platform” games like Roblox, and they are aware that they are exploiting kids. So even if this specific bill doesn’t pass, regulation is coming one way or another. It’s just a question of whether the industry will self-regulate before the government actually passes something.
I doubt it. But I really hope that translates to micro transactions are illegal now.
Please no…
Haven’t executives themselves done enough damage by demanding excessive crunch, releasing remakes/remasters that censor or remove content present in the original game, putting in half-assed inclusivity measures that anger many and please no one (Pro-Tip: Body Type only works as a replacement for Gender select if you have options outside of Buff Dude or Curvy Chick. Aint nobody but a damn right wing troll who identifies as “Not Funny” is going to put she/her pronouns on the buff dude), forcing voice actors out of the industry in favor of random celebrities, and demanding every game have a FOMO-Fueled Battle Pass?
I really don’t need some out-of-touch pro-censorship blowhard telling me that my boomer shooters can only feature the thrills of “Shooting Non-Intimidating Robots with Nerf Guns”
