Google searches for mobile game Reversed Depan: Bonfire telah meroket di Hong Kong setelah kota tersebut authorities warned that downloading the game app may violate national security laws.
Sementara itu, pada pagi hari Rabu, aplikasi permainan tersebut menghilang dari App Store Hong Kong, kurang dari 24 jam setelah peringatan dikeluarkan.
Polisi keamanan nasional Hong Kong mengatakan dalam sebuah pernyataan statement issued at around 6pm on Tuesday that Reversed Front: Bonfire – created by Taiwanese developers ESC Taiwan – promotes secessionist agendas, advocates “armed revolution” and the overthrow of the “fundamental system of the People’s Republic of China.”
Anyone who publishes related content, including sharing the game online, may be accused of inciting secession and inciting subversion, both offences under the Beijing-imposed hukum keselamatan nasional , polisi mengatakan. Melakukan hal tersebut juga dapat melanggar undang-undang keamanan nasional lokal kota, yang juga dikenal sebagai Article 23 , which criminalises “offences in connection with seditious intention.”
On Wednesday afternoon, Google Trends, a tool that measures the frequency of search queries, showed that 逆統戰 – the Chinese name of the mobile game – was the most searched topic in the city, followed by AFC Asian Cup qualifiers – after Hong Kong defeated India 1-0 in a Tuesday evening match – and the Hong Kong Observatory.
Google recorded more than 20,000 searches for the game over the past 21 hours – an increase of 1,000 per cent.
Apart from warning against downloading the game app, police also urged those who have downloaded it to “uninstall it immediately.”
Netizens commented di Facebook, mengatakan bahwa “berkat pemerintah, sekarang saya tahu ada permainan seperti itu.”
According to the description on the gaming platform Steam, Reversed Front takes players through a war “to overthrow the communist regime.” Players can assume different roles, such as Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan, the Uyghurs, and Mongolia.
According to a BBC report pada tahun 2020, ESC Taiwan mengumpulkan sekitar NT$19 juta (HK$4.5 juta) secara online untuk membuat permainan meja dengan tema serupa.
Di tengah kontroversi mengenai lagu protes Kebijakan untuk Hong Kong last year, Google Trends suggested upticks in interest yang berkorelasi dengan saat-saat ketika lagu tersebut dimainkan dengan buruk di acara olahraga, atau ketika pemerintah telah merilis rilis pers atau mengambil tindakan hukum terhadapnya.
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Reversed Depan: Bonfire was initially available on both Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store. However, it was removed from the Play Store in May for failing to ban players from using hate speech, according to Reversed Front’s social media post .
Ketika HKFP memeriksa pada sekitar pukul 8 malam pada hari Selasa, aplikasi tersebut tidak lagi dapat digunakan. ditemukan di Play Store Hong Kong tetap tersedia di App Store di kota tersebut.
Namun, sekitar pukul 10 pagi pada hari Rabu, aplikasi tersebut menghilang dari App Store di Hong Kong.
Di Facebook post pada sore hari Rabu, Front Reversed said that the game was the most downloaded app on Hong Kong’s App Store.
HKFP has reached out to Apple for comment.
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