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The Iraqi parliament voted to ban popular online video games, including PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite, citing their “negative” influence, Reuters reported.

Lawmakers approved a resolution that obliges the government to prohibit online access to games and related financial transactions.

"The ban came due to the negative effects caused by some electronic games on the health, culture, and security of Iraqi society, including societal and moral threats to children and youth,” the text of the resolution read.

This decision drew online discontent with hundreds of Iraqi social media users criticizing lawmakers for what they said were misplaced priorities.  Parliament has passed only one piece of legislation since it first convened, the 2019 federal budget law which was issued in January.

PlayerUnknown (PUBG), created by South Korean company Bluehole Inc., is a survival combat game in which dozens of online players land on an island where they try to destroy each other.

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