President Trump raises concerns about impact of violent movies: 'Maybe they have to put a rating system for that'

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President Donald Trump warned about the influence of violence in movies while discussing school safety and mass shootings, suggesting it could be a contributing factor to recent mass shootings.  "We have to look at the internet, because a lot of bad things are happening to young kids and young minds, and their minds are being formed, and we have to do something about maybe what they're seeing and how they're seeing it. And also video games," President Trump said. "I'm hearing more and more people say the level of violence on video games is really shaping young people's thoughts. And you go one further step and that's the movies. ... maybe they have to put a rating system for that," he added. However, ratings systems already exist for both video games and films in the United States. The Motion Picture Association of America and Entertainment Software Rating Board both rate and classify content based on its suitability for specific audiences.  


President Trump raises concerns about impact of violent movies: 'Maybe they have to put a rating system for that' President Trump: “We have to do something” about violent video games, movies (ars technica) President Trump raises concerns about impact of violent movies: 'Maybe they have to put a rating system for that'