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China stops Pokemon Go ahead of review

CHINA will not allow its mammoth mobile online population to play Pokemon Go or other augmented-reality games until it completes a review of potential security risks, a Chinese digital publishing group said.

The roadblock was put up amid concerns that such games contain “rather big social risks” including potential threats to consumer and traffic safety, and the security of “geographic information,” the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association said.

The industry group said in a statement that it was informed of the move by China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

It said the administration was conducting a security review of such games in the meantime and would not accept requests to approve such games and “has advised domestic game developers to be cautious when considering developing, introducing or operating such games,” the publishing association said.

Pokemon Go engages mobile users in a virtual chase for cartoon creatures in their vicinity, as seen with their phone camera.


 

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