China is to ban the use of electric shock therapy, beatings and
other abusive methods that are used in grim bootcamps which treat youngsters for Internet addiction, media reported.
The Global Times on Monday said a centre in the eastern Shandong province had used electrical stimulation to "treat" more than 6,000 Internet addicts - "mostly teenagers" - since 2006.
The facility was still be carrying out electroshock therapy last year according to news portal Sixth Tone, often at the request of parents who sent their children to the camp.
The new laws against using “abuse or coercion” to wean the country’s youth from the web are contained in draft regulations which media said will “protect minors' rights in cyberspace”. Full story...
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other abusive methods that are used in grim bootcamps which treat youngsters for Internet addiction, media reported.
The Global Times on Monday said a centre in the eastern Shandong province had used electrical stimulation to "treat" more than 6,000 Internet addicts - "mostly teenagers" - since 2006.
The facility was still be carrying out electroshock therapy last year according to news portal Sixth Tone, often at the request of parents who sent their children to the camp.
The new laws against using “abuse or coercion” to wean the country’s youth from the web are contained in draft regulations which media said will “protect minors' rights in cyberspace”. Full story...
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