Hanoi, Aug. 14 -- Philippine lawmakers are pushing proposals to restrict, or even ban, minors from using social media amid growing concerns over school violence and the risk of young people being exposed to extremist content online. A bill in the House of Representatives seeks to ban social media use for children under 13 while a separate Senate proposal extends the restriction to those under 16. The proposed measures would require online platforms to introduce age and identity verification systems and proactively deactivate accounts belonging to users who do not meet age requirements. Repeated failures to comply could result in penalties of up to 50 million PHP (820,000 USD). The platforms could also be permanently banned in the country....