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Spain will require platforms to verify age and hold executives criminally liable for illegal content, joining a growing coalition of countries taking similar measures.
- On Feb 3, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Spain will ban social media access for minors under 16 and require platforms to implement age verification systems.
- The left-wing coalition said hate speech, pornography and disinformation harm young people, and Sanchez called social media a `failed state` vowing `We will protect them from the digital Wild West.`
- Next week the government will introduce a bill to hold social media executives accountable and criminalise algorithmic manipulation and illegal content amplification.
- Observing Australia's December policy, Spain's measures may influence other European countries considering similar age restrictions, Sanchez said.
- Spain's approach could deepen the debate as the measures combine legislation and platform age verification systems, with Britain and France considering similar rules.
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday joined fellow tech tycoon Elon Musk in slamming Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over his "dangerous" plan to ban social media for under-16s.
The Spanish government plans to ban access to social networks for people under 16 years of age and to tighten the obligations of the platforms in terms of age control, said Pedro Sánchez.
The debate on the prohibition of social networks for children under 16 has passed in a few days from being a distant idea to becoming a real political proposal. Pedro Sánchez himself addressed this possibility yesterday during his intervention at an international forum held in Dubai, where he defended the need to strengthen the protection of children and adolescents from the risks of the digital environment.A proposal that goes beyond parental c…
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Spain to ban social media for minors, pursue criminal action against platforms
Spain is moving toward banning minors from social media and pursuing stronger legal action against major platforms, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced. Speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai on Tuesday, Sánchez said social media platforms have become a “failed state” and argued that governments must take back control to protect children and enforce the law. “We were told that social media would become a tool for global understandi…
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