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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The LocalWhy 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?
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.
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