Provided by The Independent
An Indian state has passed a law banning online gaming, citing what it said were several reported cases of youngsters taking their own lives after they were pushed into debt by playing e-games.
Explaining the need for the legislation, the Andhra Pradesh government said the expansion of access to new technology and the internet had opened up many opportunities for dangerous and illicit online activity.
Many internet websites which claim to provide gambling services are not authentic and there are no regulatory measures to check the legitimacy of these sites, said state home minister M Sucharitha.
That makes it really easy for these sites to defraud the customers and it also raises a lot of security and privac…
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