US EditionMusk calls Spanish PM Sanchez 'tyrant' for proposing social media ban for teens
Spain plans to ban social media for under-16s and hold tech executives criminally liable to protect minors, with 82% public support, amid Elon Musk's sharp criticism of the measures.
- Starting next week, Spain will ban social media for minors under 16, as announced by Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain.
- Citing online harms, Sánchez said social media is a `failed state where laws are ignored, and crimes are tolerated` to justify urgent action, highlighting risks to children and minors.
- The plan requires platform operators to install effective age verification systems and make platform executives criminally liable under the Spanish legal system, starting next week.
- In a pair of posts on Wednesday, Elon Musk called Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a `tyrant` and reposted his announcement video while criticizing authorities.
- The prime minister tied the debate to Spain proposing teen social media limits, accusing Musk's X of amplifying disinformation about his government’s decision last week to regularise about two hundred fifty thousand undocumented workers.
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Why is Musk so opposed to Spain banning social media for under-16s?
The world's richest man has called Pedro Sánchez a "tyrant" and a “fascist totalitarian” after Spain's prime minister announced a planned social media ban for teens. Why is the tech billionaire - and father of 14 children - so opposed to the move?
Spain's Sanchez: we won't be swayed by tech oligarchs on social media ban
MADRID, Feb 5 - Tech companies will not sway the will of the Spanish government as it intends to ban young people from social media platforms, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday, accusing \"tech oligarchs\" of spreading lies about Spain. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In Spain, Pedro Sánchez's government is campaigning for a social media ban on children and adolescents under the age of 16, as it came into force in Australia in December.
Elon Musk Calls Spain’s PM ‘Tyrant’ Over New Social Media Rule
(Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images) Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk has protested against Spain’s proposal to ban social media use by teenagers. This comes as European countries change their policies around the growing technology. Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has vowed to protect children from the “digital wild west,” drawing criticism directly from Elon Musk. Elon Musk calls out Spain’s PM Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S…
Pavel Durov, a Russian businessman who owns Telegram, has heavily charged Pedro Sánchez after he announced that he will ban access to social media for minors under the age of 16 and that he will threaten X's managers (formerly Twitter) if they do not end up with disinformation. In a message that has reached all users, he has indicated that this "regulation threatens freedom on the Internet" and warned that "Spain could become a state of surveill…
Musk attacks Spain's prime minister for a ban on social media for young people. In Germany, too, debates about age limits are increasing. Is the next showdown between the EU and the US threatening?
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