US EditionElon Musk Calls Pedro Sánchez a ‘Tyrant and Traitor to the People of Spain’
Elon Musk condemned Spain’s new law holding platform executives criminally liable for illegal content and algorithm manipulation, a key measure targeting major digital platforms.
- On Tuesday, Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain, unveiled five measures prompting Elon Musk, billionaire and owner of X, to call Sánchez `tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain`.
- Among the five measures is one to hold platform executives legally accountable and another to criminalize algorithm manipulation and amplification of illegal content in Spain's legal framework.
- Musk quoted Sánchez's post and called him `Dirty Sánchez` with a poop emoji; this is the second clash after Sánchez replied last Friday to Musk on migrant regularization.
- Legal officials also summoned Musk after the Paris Attorney General's office raided X's offices on Tuesday, while Sánchez said social networks have become a `failed state` ignoring laws and tolerating crimes.
- At stake is the clash between Elon Musk and Pedro Sánchez, as Spain's package of five measures aims to end platform impunity and protect minors from harm.
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Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ after Spain announces sweeping social media crackdown
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced plans to hold social media executives criminally liable at the World Government Summit, prompting Elon Musk to call him a "tyrant and traitor."
“Dirty Sánchez”: Musk escalates criticism of Spanish PM online
Tech billionaire Elon Musk publicly criticised Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez this week, in a rare and pointed attack on a European head of government over proposed social media regulations. Musk, owner of the social network X (formerly Twitter), labelled Sánchez a “tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain,” igniting a flurry of online debate and drawing international attention to the… Source
The minister for Digital Transformation, Óscar López, has criticized Elon Musk, owner of X, for calling Pedro Sánchez "traitor": "All Musk's money allows buying a social network, but not the sovereignty of a democratic country like Spain", he has published on the platform itself.
After Pedro Sanchez announced in a Dubai speech a series of measures aimed at digital platforms, Elon Musk launched an attack at the Prime Minister's address, describing him as “a tyrant” and a “traitor for the people of Spain”, reports AFP.
Mogul Elon Musk attacks the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, using eschatological sexual practice to refer to him and classify him as "tyrannical".
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