Twitch: China prohibits children from donating their pocket money to streamers – should that also happen in Germany?

The country of China wants children and young people under the age of 18 to stop surfing and gambling on the Internet as much. They have now passed 2 additional regulations for this.

Which 2 regulations does China bring? The two new guidelines particularly affect live streaming in the country. Accordingly, people under the age of 18 may:

• Stop submitting donations to streamers.
• Watch streams after 10:00 p.m. The live streams are blocked and you no longer have the opportunity to follow the broadcast.

However, the regulations do not relate to Twitch or YouTubers, but to BiliBili, Huya, Douyu and Douyin. BiliBili is roughly Chinese YouTube, Huya and Douyu are livestream platforms, and Douyin is a kind of TikTok.

Should the donation rule also apply to children in Germany?

Many young people and children take streamers as role models, admire them and are happy to use their own pocket money or sometimes even their parents’ card to support their loved ones financially.

Many live streamers have donations displayed in their broadcasts or even read aloud. For many children and young people, this is a kind of attention or a special highlight when the donation is shown or read out in the stream or the content creators even say thank you (by name).

Do you think the ban on donations for under 18s would also make sense in Germany? Feel free to vote in the tool below and share your opinion in the comments.

What other rules are there in China? In China, people are working hard to protect young people and children from excessive consumption of internet and video games. They should concentrate more on school, learning and their everyday life.

According to this, people under the age of 18 are only allowed to gamble for 1 hour per day on weekends. That would be a total of 3 hours over the days off. In addition, minors are not allowed to play between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.

Also, approvals for new online games have been severely slowed down as they have to comply with certain guidelines – especially when it comes to children.

Online games are now to be programmed in China in such a way that the full, correct name of a player must be entered.

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