Multiple system vulnerabilities in online games "anti-addiction" requires multiple efforts
When the summer vacation arrives, many parents start to worry: how can children be at home for a long time on vacation, playing games and watching videos every day?
Although the relevant departments urged various game companies, video websites, and live broadcast platforms to upgrade the "Youth Anti-Indulgence System" many times, it is still useless, and the children have a set of cracking methods. According to a survey by a Beijing Youth Daily reporter, parents are not satisfied with the existing "youth anti-addiction system". How to make young people reasonable entertainment has become the focus of attention of society, manufacturers, parents and schools.
Minor online game complaints increased by 460%
During the prevention and control of the outbreak in 2020, a large number of minors stayed at home, and smart phones, tablet computers and other electronic products have become the preferred tools to accompany them in learning and entertainment. Minor impulse consumption and misconsumption are frequent during operation. hair.
According to statistics, in the first quarter of 2020, Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Protection Committee systematically accepted 425 complaints about online games for minors, an increase of 460% compared with the same period last year. Among them, the youngest recharge group is 3 years old, and the recharge amount is up to 70,000 yuan. The complaints mainly focus on the difficulty of refunding the recharge of minors. Parents are unable to cope with the recovery of high recharge.
At the same time, data from the Shenzhen Consumer Council show that in the complaint cases, a total of 268 cases of minors recharged under 5,000 yuan. Among the 139 complaint cases referring to detailed ages, there were 138 cases involving minors under 14 years old, accounting for 99.28%.
Real-name authentication flows in the form of child cracking method
The reporter of Beiqing Daily conducted a pro-test on the entertainment apps with serious parents’ reflection. The mobile game apps include “Peace Elite”, “King Glory”, “Cat and Mouse”, and “Happy Fun”, etc.; "Tiger teeth", "Bilibili", "One Live Broadcast" and so on.
In terms of game platforms, many companies use the real-name authentication of third-party accounts as a prerequisite to simplify the real-name authentication settings of the software itself, which makes it easy for minor consumers to log in to the game through the third-party account of the adult. Overcharge provides convenience. Several games can be directly registered through other accounts such as WeChat, QQ, email, mobile phone number or click to authorize, real-name authentication is in the form.
Among them, "Happy Consumers" also has a tourist mode. The tourist mode can directly enter the game. At the same time, the tourist mode can directly recharge and consume, there is no amount limit.
For the game recharge problem reflected by parents, games such as "The Fifth Personality" and "Mini World" have filled in the real-name information of minors, play time is not limited, a single recharge can exceed 50 yuan, and even up to 648 yuan, and can The phenomenon of multiple recharges. For example, "Legend of Ultraman" is registered with the identity information of a minor under 10 years old, and the experience member recharges 5 times in a row, the amount ranges from 6 yuan to 258 yuan, and is not limited.
In terms of live broadcast platforms, although many apps have a youth mode, they can extend the time limit for using the software in youth mode by entering a password. "One Live" will automatically check "Alipay small amount secret-free payment" when recharging and paying. You must manually cancel it to change the automatic payment method. At the same time, different levels of inducement are encountered during the rewards, including single-reward rewards, the page has a combo prompt or automatically check the number; after the reward is successful, the anchor will communicate orally and induce the reward to continue to give away.
A reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily also found that many video sites set up a youth model on the APP side, which is not available in the web version. At the same time, after uninstalling many game apps, live streaming platforms, and video sites, they can successfully circumvent the youth model. Some e-commerce platforms also provide rental game account services, so that underage players can "sell for sale" to bypass the real-name authentication step.
Online games are uneven, "anti-addiction" requires multiple efforts
In fact, it is not only the child who has been on the Internet for a long time, but also that the child cannot distinguish the bad content on the Internet. After all, the short and well-balanced short videos and online games are too easy for the child to get lost.
For "teenage prevention" to be put in place, "comprehensive governance" needs to be carried out from multiple dimensions of society, family, students, and schools. This reporter interviewed Zhang Li, a senior game designer, and he bluntly said: "The game manufacturers are now established as minors. The civil air defense addiction system is a system compliance setting for the "Notice on Preventing Minors from Addicting to Online Games", and does not set up the system from the perspective of youth health development. If various manufacturers still do not realize the seriousness of the matter, the country Relevant departments can introduce third-party implant systems to implement the policy so that all parties have no loopholes to drill."
At the same time, parents should fully fulfill their duties as guardians, effectively guide their children, strictly control their children's online time, and help children establish the correct concept of online game consumption. Families, schools, and the whole society should strengthen their care for young people, let minors participate more in real-world affairs, and cultivate more diverse interests.
Text / reporter Wang Lei
Coordination / Man Yi