This is both the CIA and FBI (and most likely a joint MI-6 operation considering it started in the UK). Joshua Caleb Sutter, one of the main guys in O9A's American branch, has been on the FBI's payroll since 2004. The CIA were doing Gladio-shit in eastern europe and the UK too.
It's not just North Korean defectors - as far as I'm aware, the prohibition of saying anything positive about DPRK applies to everyone living in South Korea, though North Koreans are obviously the most discriminated against with this law. :deeper-sadness:
Thanks for letting me know. If this was the only source, I would have breathed a sigh of relief at it just being :cia: propaganda, but unfortunately state-owned media Sixth Tone has corroborated this information over several of their articles, so it does seem to be true, at least the parts regarding the regulations against homosexuality, feminine men, and GNC AMABs.
Apart from limiting access to foreign games, the agreement also emphasized the responsibility of gaming companies to monitor users via real-name registration and facial recognition to deter minors from playing. The document also expressed its commitment to combating so-called sissy men and danmei
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https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/671510.html seems to be the main source. The comments are coming from leaked materials of a CPC-led conference at Beijing International Game Innovation Conference back in September.
http://www.cgigc.com.cn/info/22297.html There's more info on the guidelines on their official website. For whatever reason it's currently not loading (possibly due to increased traffic?), but I'll try uploading the .pdf files of the guidelines to somewhere if anyone knows a good place.
All in all, this really doesn't look good, and doesn't seem to apply to only games - apparently various gay shows and books are affected too. Obviously there are some decent guidelines in there like the banning of imperial japan worship, regulation of gacha/pay to win exploitative 'games', etc. but it shouldn't be at the expense of LGBTQ+ comrades :sicko-no:
I hate corporate memphis so much, what a shit aesthetic