Spain Social Media Ban for Under-16s: Here’s What We Know so Far, and What We Don’t

Spain social media ban for under-16s: here’s what we know so far, and what we don’t

Details are still emerging, but we can’t blame screentime for all teenage mental health issues.

Telegram Boss Calls Social Media Bans Weaponised Safetyism: “Once Freedom of Speech Is Gone, It’s Game Over” · Caldron Pool

Pavel Durov has joined Elon Musk in condemning Spain’s Socialist slide into safetyism. The Telegram founder and CEO said planned under-16 social media bans were tyrannical. Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez – who pleaded in January for the EU to raise a standing army to protect Greenland from a mythical US invasion – now seemingly wants to control social media companies. Sanchez has allied Spain with a “Coalition of the Digital Willing,” which featu…

Spain wants to ban social media for kids. It won't work.

Other countries' failed social media bans shows what happens when governments try to play online parent for children.