2023-08-15 13:20:00
China is advancing in the creation of a norm that implements a specific mode for minors across all phones and apps, so you can meet your goal of limit the use of electronic devices to two hours a day for children and adolescents.
The Chinese proposal is similar to other initiatives such as the one Swedena country that redirected the budget from digital education to investment in printed books, and Netherlandswhere cell phones and tablets will be prohibited in the classroom as of 2024, in a measure that has already been applied in other countries such as France e Italia.
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One of the central points of the debate that proposes limiting the use of devices by minors is the screen time. Thus, the Cyberspace Administration of China published a draft of the rules on its website that is open to suggestions until September 2.
The Chinese entity established that the “youth mode” of the cell phone must allow the user to access a age-appropriate interfacewhere the available content is segmented according to the age group of whoever is using the device.
In this way, users under 8 years may not exceed 40 minutes of daily use; who have between 8 and 16 years will have enabled one hour for daily use and those who are between 16 and 18 years old they can use their cell phones of the hours up to date.
In addition to all this, the use will be prohibited for all minors between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. following.
some functions will be outside these limits. For example, emergency services or platforms that are considered essential for the physical and mental development of minors. Parents may request other exceptions.
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China had already implemented similar measures in recent years. In 2019, it limited children’s and adolescents’ daily online gaming time to a maximum of 90 minutes per day. The restriction was reinforced in 2021, when it was shortened to a single hour. Furthermore, it was established that they could only play on Fridays, weekends and holidays.
The success of this initiative was relative. In a poll to 1,900 parents, carried out by the China Youth Daily by 2022, more than 70% said measures on online gaming had a “limited” effect. In addition, children and adolescents can bypass this fence using third-party accounts without restrictions. They are even often the parents themselves who enable their logins.
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