SEN. Bam Aquino rejected a blanket ban on video games following the Tacloban City school shooting, saying the proposal is not the solution to violence involving the youth.
Malacañang earlier said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is open to proposals restricting or banning violent online games amid concerns over their possible influence on minors.
The chairman of the Senate Committees on Basic Education and Science and Technology, said some studies found no link between video games and school shootings.
He said that video games, as an art form and entertainment medium, do not cause violent behavior.
"Banning video games in general or as a whole, I don't think that's a good solution to our problems,” he said on Monday.
“Mas maraming studies na ginawa na nagsasabing walang (There are studies that showed that there was no) correlation between video games and school shooting," Aquino said in a statement.
Aquino called for stricter enforcement of age restrictions on mature-rated games, similar to existing rules for films and television programs instead of imposing a blanket ban on video games.
