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Video of the Day: "War of Internet Addiction"

Video of the Day: "War of Internet Addiction"

Apparently, some people are calling this the first great Chinese film of 2010 and it's a machinima. The video, which has already gained a million hits in the various locations its been put up, is called "War of Internet Addiction" and made almost entirely from the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. more ›

Another teen beaten in Internet addiction camp

Another teen beaten in Internet addiction camp

It looks like all the bad press still hasn't reached parents who've sent their child to a "personality correction" boot camp. Another boy, 14-year-old Pu Liang, was beaten to a pulp at one of these camps and is now in critical condition at a hospital in Sichuan. His father says he's suffering from water in the lungs and kidney failure after being hit by the camp counselor and several other children. The training center has denied the accusations, saying that it was just the other students who beat up Pu because he couldn't get along with them. Pu had been sent there for becoming addicted to online games and telling his parents he no longer wanted to go to school. Source: China Daily more ›

Internet addiction camp wards wave "SOS" signs

Internet addiction camp wards wave "SOS" signs

Yikes these internet addiction camps just sound scarier and scarier the more we hear about them. After news of Deng, a 16-year-old who was beaten to death as part of a "personality training program," got out, Southern Metropolis Daily decided to investigate by going to a related training camp in Guangzhou. According to the translation by Danwei, the training camps were still in operation despite educational authorities' declarations that they had been halted. Children on the third and fourth floors, when they saw the reporters, began sticking notes into aluminum cans, drink bottles and slippers. They held up bamboo mats with the letters "SOS" written on them and some bore papers and clothes scrawled with the words "beatings" and "help." They were all stopped by the instructors. We've got chills. more ›

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