EU to video game industry: Come up with a code of conduct for protecting minors |
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Two years: That's all the time that the European Union (EU) has given to video game makers and shops to come up with a widely accepted code of conduct for the industry.
The reason? To protect minors from violent images in today's video games. Apparently, the European Union public is still very much concerned that video games can cause aggressive behavior in children.
School shootings in recent months have only succeeded in heightening fears regarding the matter. While the EU executive body has powers to propose legislation, it has decided to give the video game industry a two-year grace period to get things done, instead.
On top of that, the EU has asked the industry to spend more on advertising its symbols denoting the age of suitability of video games, such as via the Pan European Games Information system (PEGI)
While the European Commission accepts that there is no conclusive evidence that violent video games do influence children's behavior, it nonetheless wants to "work in this environment as a precautionary principle."
Via Reuters
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The original press release from the EU can be found here: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/618&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
As you can see there is no mention that this decision was made because of the school shootings. Also they want a Code of Conduct for the RETAILERS, made by the industry. And they want to make more parents aware of the PEGI rating system. This has little to do with the whole "violent video games do influence children's behavior" discussion. Because there are video games young kids really shouldn't be playing. Just like there are movies young kids really shouldn't be watching.
Noted with thanks. :)
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