• Aug 4, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Chinese gamers will need to verify their real names on all games by September

China is rolling out a real name authentication and verification system for all gamers in the country by September as a way to track gamers and make sure that they aren’t playing too much. Chinese gamers on popular games such as Honour of Kings (aka Arena of Valor) by Tencent have already been subject to … Continue reading “Chinese gamers will need to verify their real names on all games by September”

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  • Sep 8, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, VPN,

Malaysia blocked Steam because of a single game, those trying to play it will need a VPN

Malaysia temporarily blocked Valve’s popular gaming engine, Steam, across the entire country on September 8th, 2017 over a 2D brawler called Fight of the Gods. The Malaysian government had given Valve a 24 hour ultimatum to remove the game or face “further action.” The American company apparently didn’t respond quickly enough and was banned for … Continue reading “Malaysia blocked Steam because of a single game, those trying to play it will need a VPN”

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  • May 19, 2016
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News,

Morocco starts blocking access to Steam and other popular computer games

Early on the morning of the 19th of May, 2016, Morocco’s biggest internet service provider (ISP), Maroc Telecom, started blocking access to many popular computer games. Moroccan users are reporting on game forums around the world that they are blocked from popular games such as Rocket League, League of Legends, CS: GO, Starcraft 2, Dragon’s … Continue reading “Morocco starts blocking access to Steam and other popular computer games”

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