Almost at the same moment that Pokémon GO reached the App Store the news about the game began. Among these news there were some that showed that, if users do not do our part, the penultimate launch of Nintendo could have a certain level of risk because, if we look at the screen and not at our surroundings, we can cross streets without looking or walking towards whom Know where. But these are not the kinds of danger that China will not let the game into its territory.
From the looks of it, Pokémon fans in China will have to accept the fact that they will not be able to play to Pokémon GO because its Government says it is Too dangerous to approve it. The Chinese government is working to assess the potential security risks, but it seems that the title that has enjoyed the most success in the different app stores will not reach the largest market for smartphone games.
China says NO to Pokémon GO for being a "threat to the security of geographic information"
Pokémon GO was a success since its launch, getting 100 million downloads in a month and $ 10.000.000 every day. Niantic must be rubbing its hands in imagining its landing in China, but Reuters says that the Chinese government has no plans to approve the title.
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the great Asian country is assessing the risks of gambling by "a high level of responsibility for national security and the safety of people's lives and possessions«. On the other hand, the China Association of Audio-video and Digital Publishing says that these risks include a «threat to the security of geographic information and threat to transportation and personal safety of consumers«.
And, let's face it, we have all thought the same thing once, considering that Pokémon GO can send constant information about where we are and, if we use the capture of Pokémon with AR vision, Everything that surrounds us. Although it may annoy Chinese Pokémon fans, what China is doing is not allowing the United States (Niantic) and Japan (Nintendo) to get information from the Chinese through a "harmless" game.
What do you think of the measures taken so far by the Chinese Government? Would you like your government to get wet more times like that of China or do you think this is a full-blown censorship?
What do I think of the Chinese government's measure? Well, the typical measure of a dictatorship that passes the most basic freedoms and human rights for the lining, and that if China were not "the factory of the world" it would probably be under economic embargoes from the international community or if not, at least the society would have it almost at the same level of opinion as North Korea.
What if I am interested in my government getting wet on these issues? No thanks. It would mean that we are not in a democracy and, most likely, this article would not even exist or would do so in the form of praise for the inadmissibility of the game and relating the canned justifications that the regime would have made you reach for that purpose.