NEW YORK, July 31 — Critical digital rights battles over privacy, free speech and anonymity are increasingly being fought in video games, a growing market that is becoming a “new political arena,” experts and insiders said yesterday. With the industry set to more than double annual revenues...
The game Minecraft has been used to circumvent censorship, with groups using it to create digital libraries and smuggle banned texts into repressive countries. — Reuters pic
In recent months, a Hong Kong activist staged a protest against Beijing's rule inside a popular social simulator game called Animal Crossing, and a member of the US Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, campaigned in the game as well. Also, game designers have been tackling sensitive topics by creating games that involve issues such as refugees or mental illness.
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