China's first ban on game generation training platform based on the protection of minors The overhead "anti addiction" system "training Gang" app was stopped On August 30, 2021, at the request of the State Press and publication administration, the online game "the most strict prevention of addiction in history" system was launched. Since then, accounts certified as minors can only enter the game from 20:00 to 21:00 on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays. On January 5, 2022, the reporter of Beijing Youth Daily learned from the people's Court of Pudong New Area of Shanghai that a pre litigation behavior preservation ruling made by the court showed that a generation training platform provided a "shortcut" for players to quickly ascend to the division section, so that the "juvenile addiction prevention" system was bypassed. The court ordered the involved "agent training Gang" app to immediately stop minors from practicing the king's glory game. The case is the first ban on the game training platform based on the protection of minors in China. case Agent training app "agent training help" Overhead "juvenile addiction prevention" system In this case, the applicants Tencent Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tencent Chengdu company) and Shenzhen Tencent computer system Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shenzhen Tencent company) said that Tencent Chengdu company was the copyright owner of the game "King glory" involved, and authorized Shenzhen Tencent company to operate the game exclusively. The game is equipped with a fair matching mechanism to help users match opponents with the same competitive level to form a game team or fight according to the game behavior data of the account, so that users with similar levels can effectively participate in the game. Meanwhile, in order to implement the requirements for the protection of minors, the game strictly adopts the real name system and is equipped with complete "anti addiction" measures. Minors can only play from 20:00 to 21:00 every day on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays stipulated by the State Press and publication administration. The two applicants also require game users not to provide game accounts to others for commercial use such as practice and play through relevant game service agreements. The two applicants found that the "agent training Gang" app operated by Beisheng company lured and encouraged users, including minors, to conduct commercial and large-scale agent training transactions of the "King glory" game through its platform in the form of "issuing bills and returning cash" and establishing a "King glory" zone, and encouraged users to log in to the applicant's online game as an untrue identity, The actual user of online game service is inconsistent with the registered identity information of the account. In particular, through the "agent training help" app, the order receiver can obtain another person's "King glory" game account and password on the "agent training help" platform to enter the game, so that minors can bypass the anti addiction system, and the game duration and time period are not limited. The applicant believes that this behavior puts the game operation at the risk of being investigated and punished, and also greatly damages the social and public interests, which should be stopped immediately. 2345 company publicizes and promotes the platform on its "2345 mobile assistant", and this behavior should also be stopped. The two applicants filed a pre litigation behavior preservation application for the behavior that the "agent training help" app allows minors to receive orders. court The behavior of Beisheng company destroyed Fair competition mechanism of the game "glory of the king" The Shanghai Pudong court conducted a key examination from four aspects: whether the application has a factual and legal basis, whether it will cause irreparable damage, whether it will lead to a significant imbalance of interests, and whether it will damage the social and public interests. The court held that Beisheng company allowed users to conduct game practice transactions through its platform, which undermined the fair competition mechanism of the king's glory game and damaged the game experience and legitimate interests of consumers. The company obtains share income from it and takes the online games with competitive rights and interests of others as a profit tool. This behavior also allows users to bypass the applicant's online game real name system and anti addiction system, resulting in the failure of its operation mechanism and hindering the operation order of online games. Therefore, it is determined that the respondent Beisheng company has the possibility of unfair competition. Based on the commercialization and large-scale operation of Beisheng company and the characteristics of wide network communication range and fast communication speed, if preservation measures are not taken in time, it will not only lead the relevant public to question the applicant's compliance operation and social responsibility, put it in the investigated business risk, and cause irreparable damage to the goodwill, It will also reduce its commercial income and market share, so it is feasible and urgent to prohibit the above-mentioned acts. By taking timely action preservation measures for the respondent, we can effectively ensure the effective implementation of the "anti addiction" mechanism for minors and actively safeguard the public interest. Accordingly, the Shanghai Pudong court made the above ruling. statute Strictly implement the online game user account Real name registration and login requirements In this case, the "King glory" game adopts the "anti addiction" mechanism, which limits the time period and duration of minors' login. However, the "agent training help" app requires users to provide ID card information when registering, but it can enable minors to obtain other people's game accounts to log in to the game without restrictions. In order to protect the physical and mental health of minors and enable them to study and live normally, the General Administration of press and publication has formulated the development standard of online game anti addiction system and the real name certification scheme of online game anti addiction system since June 2005. In July 2007, the anti addiction system of online games was implemented nationwide. On August 30, 2021, the State Press and Publication Administration issued the notice on further strict management to effectively prevent minors from indulging in online games, strictly limiting the time for providing online game services to minors, and strictly implementing the real name registration and login requirements of online game user accounts. (reporter Zhu Jianyong) (outlook new era)