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Age restrictions in games are nothing new, but the actual enforcement of those restrictions is a murky area. One of China's largest publishers, Tencent, appears to be cracking down on the issue, as they're introducing facial recognition technology into the mobile MOBA Honour of Kings. The Chinese government recently introduced restrictions to limit the amount of time kids can play games, and facing legal pressure, Tencent already encourages real-name registration to enforce those restrictions in the app.
"This test is an extension of Tencent's existing Youth Guardian platform, which allows parents to monitor gameplay time and uses facial recognition, but this goes a step further by comparing user images with government photo records," said Piers Harding-Rolls, from the IHS consultancy. "It is inevitable that this sort of technology will hold some limitations especially for younger children that go through a lot of facial changes as they grow. However, facial recognition technology is improving all the time."
"This test is an extension of Tencent's existing Youth Guardian platform, which allows parents to monitor gameplay time and uses facial recognition, but this goes a step further by comparing user images with government photo records," said Piers Harding-Rolls, from the IHS consultancy. "It is inevitable that this sort of technology will hold some limitations especially for younger children that go through a lot of facial changes as they grow. However, facial recognition technology is improving all the time."