China has banned the tough treatment for young web addicts.
China has issued the rules banning the beating and confinement of youths being treated for Internet addiction after revelations of abuse at rehabilitation clinics, along with a teenager’s death.
ON Wednesday, the regulations were posted on the health ministry’s website, stressing that restraint must be used in dealing with such youngsters as “the concept of ‘Internet addiction’ has not been fully defined”.
The regulation include the any kind of using intervention methods such as restricting personal freedom, hitting and scolding are strictly forbidden and corporal punishment (is) strictly forbidden”.
In August, the beating death of a teenage boy enrolled by his parents at an Internet addiction camp in southern China’s Guangxi region provoked outrage across the country.
The 15-year-old’s death led to the discovery of abuse and beatings at other similar clinics.
China had up to 10 million teenage Web addicts and at least 400 private Internet rehabilitation clinics nationwide, according to local press report.
According to health ministry, the nation’s 60 percent estimated online population of 338 million users were not of adult age.
(Source: http://tech.yahoo.com)
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