MANILA — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is open to proposals seeking to restrict or ban violent online games amid concerns over their possible influence on minors, Malacañang said Tuesday following the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City.

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the matter was discussed after reports surfaced that one of the minors involved in the Monday shooting at San Jose National High School was an avid player of a violent online game.

“Napag-usapan po na ‘yung mga ganoong klaseng app ay dapat na ma-ban sa Pilipinas. So maganda pong mungkahi iyan at sana makagawa agad ng batas at open ang Pangulo sa ganyang mga panukala (It has been discussed that those kinds of apps should be banned in the Philippines. So that is a good suggestion, and I hope a measure can be crafted immediately and the President is open to such proposals),” Castro said.

She said the administration is willing to support legislative measures that would regulate minors’ access to violent online content.

Castro added that lawmakers may move swiftly to examine possible restrictions in response to the incident.

The statement came after the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) ordered the temporary blocking of the online game GoreBox while an investigation is ongoing.

The CICC said the precautionary measure followed initial police findings indicating that one of the students involved in the attack regularly played the game.

However, authorities clarified that no direct link has yet been established between the game and the shooting, and the investigation is still continuing.