Business Spotlight: Spain is a digital powerhouse. Is your business keeping up?
The country’s digital economy is growing faster than almost anywhere else in Europe, and that changes the rules for every small business operating here. Anyone...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Spain to launch system tracking hate speech and polarisation on social media
The Spanish government has unveiled a new tool designed to track and measure hate speech across social media platforms, as part of a wider strategy...
Amazon to invest another €18bn in data centres in Spain, adding to €15.7bn announced in 2024
Amazon has unveiled a further €18 billion investment in data centre projects in Spain, significantly scaling up its commitment to infrastructure that underpins artificial intelligence...
Spain asks prosecutors to investigate X, Meta & TikTok over AI-created child pornography
Spain’s left-leaning coalition government said on Tuesday that6 it will ask prosecutors to examine X, Meta and TikTok over potential offences linked to AI-generated child...
Telegram founder slams Sánchez over ‘dangerous’ plans that ‘threaten internet freedom’ for under-16s
Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday lined up with fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk in criticising Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, accusing him of pursuing...
Musk calls Sánchez a ‘fascist totalitarian’ and ‘tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain’ in new clash
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla and the social media platform X, has branded Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a ‘tyrant and traitor to...
Spain will seek to prohibit children aged under 16 from accessing social media
Spain will seek to prohibit children under the age of 16 from accessing social media and require platforms to introduce age-verification systems, Prime Minister Pedro...
Spanish government approves draft law to crack down on AI deepfakes and image misuse
The Spanish government on Tuesday signed off on draft legislation aimed at tackling AI–generated deepfakes and tightening rules around consent for the use of images,...
Pedro Sánchez vows not to quit, and presents 15-point anti-corruption plan
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday pledged ‘not to throw in the towel’, despite a damaging corruption scandal engulfing his socialist PSOE party. Rather...
Opposition party’s ‘Corruption Island’ video angers Dominican Republic
Spain’s main right-wing opposition party, the People’s Party (PP), has taken down an AI-generated attack video titled ‘Corruption Island’ which portrayed a shirtless Prime Minister Pedro...
