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7/3/2026, 8:00:54 AM

Topics: Censorship, Gorebox, Government Of The Philippines, Philippines, Playing Columbine, School Shooting, Tacloban

Keywords: Video Games, Mass Shootings, Philippines, Brickbats

BS Summary: This article contains 13 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Negativity Bias, and Burden of Proof, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 63.4% saturation with 52 hits. Analysis detected 404 faulty-reasoning hits from 82 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 80.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (2,662 of 21,145 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 87.40% of the article peer group.

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After a deadly school shooting in Tacloban, Philippines, the government has temporarily banned the video game Gorebox because one of the teenage suspects allegedly played it.

Two boys opened fire in a classroom, killing three students and wounding 20 others.

Police say one of the shooters was "heavily influenced" by content online, including the game, which lets players use weapons and explosives in a virtual world.

The government wants to investigate if it played a role in the attack.

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