Parents send their children to “Internet Addiction Clinics” in China

Black Mirror vibes just a little? I never knew this was a thing, but apparently there are Internet Addiction Clinics in China where parents send their kids to become “rehabilitated”.

Sorry if this is a repost but I just saw this video in my feed and figured you all might find it interesting. It’s like the rise of Luddites and widening the gap between people who embrace every aspect of technology vs those who want to preserve the most basic human qualities using radical methods.

From an article I found when I started to look into this: “Internet addiction clinics first emerged in China two decades ago. In 2002, four minors burned down an internet café in Beijing after they were denied entry, killing 25 people. The incident shocked the nation, and sparked a moral panic about the dangers of the internet. Teens who spent hours playing online games — previously viewed as harmless slackers — were increasingly portrayed as potentially dangerous.”