President Asks Congress to Fund Study of Violence and Media—Video Games Included

President Obama directed further research be done into the relationship video games may have to violence, part of a series of actions the White House is taking in response to the problem of repeated mass shootings across the country. In a news conference taking place now, the president asked Congress to set aside $10 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the ties between violent images ทางเข้า w88 ใหม่ ล่าสุด in the media—specifically mentioning “the effects violent video games bk8สล็อตฟรี have on young minds”—and violent crime. The request followed a week in which Vice President PIGSPIN เครดิตฟรี 100 Joe Biden met with leaders of the video game industry to discuss violent video games. The study is not the only proposal Obama made; among two dozen others, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity clips, and stricter background checks. https://kotaku.com/on-friday-joe-biden-asked-the-video-game-industry-to-i-5975805