Philippines’ worst school shooting puts social media, games in the dock

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After two teenagers opened fire at a Philippine high school this week, the first question lawmakers asked was not about gun control, but the internet.Three pupils were killed and 20 injured at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, Leyte province, on Monday – the highest total casualty count of any Philippine school shooting.It has renewed calls to restrict Filipino children’s access to social media and online games, coming months after police said they had disrupted a school shooting...