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Imagine, if you will, a neighbourhood watch patrolling cyberspace in the dead of night, searching out ne’er-do-wells lurking in the dead of night. Except, these culprits sneaking around are kids , using an adult’s accounts to play games at night and skirt China’s anti-gaming addiction rules. On Tuesday, the Chinese gaming giant Tencent launched an update to its neighbourhood watch with a programme called “midnight patrol”, which aims to seek out accounts that may be kids, and then use facial recognition technology to verify their identity. The new updates will be rolled out for 60 titles, such as Honour of...
