Counter-Strike banned in Brazil!
Starting January 17, 2008, the sale of the computer game Counter-Strike was banned in Brazil by court order.
Brazil has taken a firm stance against two (the second game is EverQuest) computer games that are no longer that new. Officials claim that the games incite violence and harm health. Therefore, a decision was made to ban them.
Officials banned Counter-Strike, a once-popular shooter (released in 1999), on the grounds that the game includes controversial levels that simulate neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro. Players can play as either the gang that kidnapped three UN representatives or as the police who are storming the group. Federal authorities claim that the game teaches "military strategy."
Those who have the banned games installed on their PCs are instructed to delete them immediately. This mainly applies to computer clubs. Federal authorities have already demanded the destruction of copies of the popular shooter from several clubs in the state of Goiás and threatened a fine of $3,000 per day.
Counter-Strike was previously sold in Brazil in the "18+" game category.
Maybe Russia will ban it soon too?
P.S. The Brazilian court ruled that Counter-Strike "encourages subversive activities against public order, acts against the law, public safety, and the democratic state as a whole!"
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Brazilian computer game fans take to the streets. The ban on the games Counter-Strike and EverQuest, imposed by the government of São Paulo, has prompted fans of these games to take desperate measures. In particular, they plan to hold a protest and thereby achieve the cancellation of the ban and the restoration of their civil rights, which, in their opinion, this ban violates.
Recall that the ban was introduced because these games incite violence and "harm the health of consumers." In addition to the ban on the sale of these games, the government also decided to remove them from personal computers, otherwise the violator would face a hefty fine, the amount of which could reach three thousand dollars.
