By Rob Crossley
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Parents who allow their children access to violent game content should be fined up to $10,000 or be prosecuted.
This is what Bill Hastings – New Zealand's chief government censor – intends to introduce as a bill.
Speaking to New Zealand broadsheet newspaper, The Dominion Post, Hastings said that the law would send out a message that the nation will be strict on the crime of buying a mature game for underage consumers.
“They might think the offence is silly, but it ain't,” he said.
“There would be shock value to prosecuting a parent who gives their under-18 child access to a restricted game. It would send out a message that the enforcement agency means business."
During the interview, Hastings had cited studies which alleged that repeated exposure to violent game content had an adverse effect on player attitude. He stated that it was important that parents realised some games were created for adults, not children.
"I think the word 'game' can mislead people for sure,” he said. “It's not checkers.”
Hastings also spoke of the problems parents had in understanding the policies and procedures of videogame ratings.
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Thank god this guy is not in the usa.
That is completely ridiculous imo.
I thing games playing and most child rearing should be up tio the parents.
Not to any goverment
cofree
