Ultraman Tiga yanked from streaming sites as Beijing steps up scrutiny of children's shows

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boycott on children's programmes that depict violence, gore and pornography as a reason for Ultraman Tiga's removal.

Unsuitable language and the portrayal of undesirable behaviours such as smoking, theft and aggression are common occurrences among the programmes, which include Pokemon, Peppa Pig and Detective Conan.

supportive of the ban on Ultraman Tiga because children may imitate behaviours they watch on television. She added that her nine-year-old son talks constantly about fighting and killing after watching shows such as Ultraman, and she is worried that he is normalising violence....She is also annoyed at how shows can encourage children to buy merchandise such as collectors' cards.

the games, called "jubensha" in Chinese and which typically involve participants taking on roles to solve a murder, can "potentially distort reality for young players"....."if a game's content is too scary and thrilling, it may cause players... especially minors, to confuse the plot and reality, resulting in mental problems". Jubensha shops have been known to pull out all the stops, including providing costumes and holographic projections, to provide players with an immersive experience.

Beijing has been on a drive to clean up the Internet to make sure that those under 18 are better protected. In recent months, regulators have ordered China's technology giants, such as Tencent and Alibaba, to purge their platforms of soft pornography involving children, and increase efforts to prevent minors from becoming addicted to online gaming.