THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ONLINE GAMING AND ITS LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
AUTHORS – THANESH N & JAIADITHYA K, STUDENTS SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW,THE TAMIL NADU DR.AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY,TAMIL NADU
BEST CITATION – THANESH N & JAIADITHYA K, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ONLINE GAMING AND ITS LEGAL IMPLICATIONS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (4) OF 2024, PG. 78-83, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
ABSTARCT
Nowadays online gaming has attained a glorious boom in India and it attracts persons of all age group especially the youth. The gaming disorder is termed as mental health disorder by The World Health Organization (WHO)[1]. in the eleventh revision to the International Classification of Diseases. Monetary rewards on winning the game attracts more humans to this platform. Gaming disorder leads to lack of control over the gaming is impaired, takes priority over the day to day activities, affects the interpersonal relationship, studies and occupation, negative consequences and so on. The online gaming elevated to a higher level due to the telecom companies offer data services at affordable prices. In recent past a huge number of cases have been held before the courts regarding the effects of online gaming such as mental health, economical loss, famous personalities endorsing these games, loss of life and more. Public Gambling Act 1867 and Information Technology Act 2000 regulates the online gaming platform in India. Online games of skill is considered to be judicial whereas game of chance is not judicial in India which creates the economical loss leading to mental disorders of the gamer. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has taken necessary steps to reduce the loopholes in the laws of online gaming, and to reduce the addiction, new directions have been made in April 2023. It is found that the number of online gamers1 have tremendously increased from 183 millions in 2017 to 491 million in 2024.This paper focuses on how the online game addiction makes the gamer to neglect everything in their lives which leads to psychological disorders and also the legal aspects to protect the gamer from mental trauma.
Keywords: Online gaming, Gamers, Psychological impacts ,Mental illness, Social issues, Legal aspects
1https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064010/