In mid-September, the Chinese authorities decided to limit the time of use of the TikTok application to forty minutes per day for those under 14 years old. A few weeks earlier, he had attacked online video games: prohibition for teenagers to play during the week, and limitation to three hours on weekends …
These restrictions are not only intended to limit the screen time of the youngest. A much more important matter is being played out for power: to fight against the westernization of culture and its influence on young people.
Frédéric Lemaître is correspondent for World in Beijing. In this episode of “L’Heure du Monde”, he explains the reasons behind this policy of President Xi Jinping, which is accompanied by a takeover by the authorities of large Chinese tech companies.
An episode produced by Adèle Ponticelli, directed by Amandine Robillard and presented by Morgane Tual.
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