原文来源：Single player games might require age verification if they use Steam under EU Kids Act's current draft, according to MEP's senior policy adviser — Rock Paper Shotgun
The European Commission proposed new rules around how under-15s access the likes of social media, AI chatbots, and online video games earlier this week. The draft legislation is called the EU Kids Act and calls for the setting up of a tiered system governing the types of accounts children under 15 can create to access such services, enforced by mandatory age verification for all users.
The documents laying out the proposal have been officially released, and based on the current wording the Commission have used to define what they class as an online game, it seems single player games that rely on online platforms like Steam for updates, distribution, or even a one-time authentication could be caught in the crossfire. That is, unless the definition is tightened up before the law is set in stone, if it indeed it makes it that far.
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本周早些时候，欧盟委员会就15岁以下儿童如何访问社交媒体、人工智能聊天机器人和在线视频游戏等提出了新规则。该立法草案被称为《欧盟儿童法》，呼吁建立一个分层系统，管理15岁以下儿童可以创建的账户类型，以访问此类服务，并通过对所有用户的强制性年龄验证来强制执行。阐述该提案的文件已经正式发布，根据委员会目前用于定义其在线游戏的措辞，依靠Steam等在线平台进行更新、分发甚至一次性身份验证的单人游戏似乎可能会陷入困境。也就是说，除非在法律立定之前将定义收紧，否则它确实会使它变得如此之远。阅读更多