Tencent launches Zero-Point Cruise facial recognition to enforce night-time game curfew
Tencent has introduced a feature called Zero-Point Cruise in its games, which subjects accounts registered as adults that play at night beyond a set time to facial recognition. Anyone who refuses or fails the verification is treated as a minor and logged out. Tencent says this is intended to stop children using adult identities to evade the game curfew, and that adults who mistakenly refuse can wait for the next authentication.
- Organisation involved
- Tencent
- Product, system or model
- 零点巡航 (Zero-Point Cruise)
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