Hong Kong bans mobile game about overthrowing communist regime
Why Hong Kong used a national security law to ban this mobile game
- Hong Kong has banned the mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire under the national security law, alleging it promotes secessionism and armed revolution.
- The game, developed by ESCTaiwan, allows players to pledge allegiance to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Tibet, or Uyghurs to overthrow the Communist regime.
- Hong Kong police claim the game, was intended to promote "Taiwan independence” and “Hong Kong independence", may lead to prosecution for those who download it.
- The game's website declares its similarity to actual agencies and policies of the People’s Republic of China is intentional.
- Critics argue the ban exemplifies the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong under Chinese Communist Party control, destroying creative freedom in gaming.