Question: What led to a heated debate about personal freedoms and child protection?
- The setting of a new rating system for games that addressed issues of violence, sexuality, drug use, and the like by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ERSB)
- The publication of a study done by the American Psychological Association and other researchers that found an increase in aggressive tendencies based on video game play
- California's law making it illegal to sell video games to underage buyers
- Both the publication and the new rating system