Manila, June 30 -- House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III is pushing for stronger safeguards to protect Filipino children from the growing dangers of social media.

Together with Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander Marcos, Dy filed House Bill No. 9965 or the proposed Children's Social Media Safety Act on Monday, which seeks to establish the country's first comprehensive framework regulating children's access to and use of social media platforms.

In a statement Tuesday, Dy said government must ensure that technology serves the healthy development of young people instead of exposing them to harm.

"Nakikita natin na malaking bahagi ang social media sa araw-araw na buhay kaya mas malaki rin ang ating responsibilidad na tiyaking ligtas ang a...