US bill attempts to make video game age ratings legally binding

[Administrator]

A new bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would make ESRB ratings legally binding.
Utah's Democratic representative Jim Matheson has introduced the bill known as H.R. 287, which seeks to "require ratings label on video games and to prohibit the sales and rentals of adult-rated video games to minors."
According to the bill, any person who distributes an unlabeled game or sales an adult-rated game to a minor is subject to a fine "of not more than $5,000 per violation."
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