On December 12, a new bill was introduced to regulate the video game market in Russia, which raised many questions among gamers. Deputy Chairman of the Information Policy Committee of the State Duma, Anton Gorelkin, once again reminded that the law does not prohibit the activities of foreign gambling services.
According to the deputy, the project proposes to introduce a number of rules for game distributors, which will oblige them to provide information on the age rating, content and availability of transactions. In this case, services will have to introduce a user authentication system – they plan to provide three methods for this:
I would like to draw the attention of the media, which began to spread messages about the supposedly mandatory identification of gamers through “State Services”, that our bill proposes three more methods: the use of another authentication system operated by a Russian legal entity, by biometrics or by telephone number. You can choose them all.
Anton Gorelkin also stated that the bill “does not contain any ban on the activities of foreign sites.”
Earlier, Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said Russia would consider the possibility of combating “propaganda of alien values” in video games.
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Source: VG Times
Christina Moncayo is a contributing writer for “Social Bites”. Her focus is on the gaming industry and she provides in-depth coverage of the latest news and trends in the world of gaming.