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Telegram founder slams Sánchez over ‘dangerous’ plans that ‘threaten internet freedom’ for under-16s

News Desk5th February 202611th February 2026

5th February 202611th February 2026678

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

News Desk4th February 20269th February 2026

4th February 20269th February 20261199

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

News Desk3rd February 20269th February 2026

3rd February 20269th February 20261523

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...

Court weighs verdict in Spanish media’s €550m data protection case against Meta

News Desk3rd October 202512th October 2025

3rd October 202512th October 20251771

A high-profile lawsuit in Madrid, in which Spanish media companies are demanding more than €550 million from the Meta corporation for alleged violations of EU...

Facebook owner Meta closes content moderation centre in Barcelona

News Desk4th April 20258th April 2025

4th April 20258th April 20253136

Telus Digital, the company responsible for content moderation for Facebook owner, Meta, informed its nearly 2,000 employees on Thursday that it is closing its centre...

Undersea cable linking USA & Spain from FB’s Meta ‘part of plan linking 5 continents’

News Desk19th February 202525th February 2025

19th February 202525th February 20252560

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing Artificial...

Netflix drops Spanish star of ‘Emilia Pérez’ from Oscar campaign after offensive tweets

News Desk6th February 202511th February 2025

6th February 202511th February 20254513

Offensive historic tweets posted by Karla Sofía Gascón, the transgender Spanish star of the Oscar-nominated film Emilia Pérez, have led to a week of fallout...

Instagram apologises and allows Pedro Almodóvar’s new film poster

News Desk12th August 202116th August 2021

12th August 202116th August 20213568

Instagram’s owner Facebook has apologised and restored images of the latest film poster of director Pedro Almodóvar, after it was initially removed for showing nudity. The...

Barça icon Iniesta apologises over blackface photo

AFP9th January 201911th January 2019

9th January 201911th January 20192515

Barça icon Andres Iniesta has apologised after posting a photo on social media with two people in blackface as part of Epiphany celebrations. The 34-year-old superstar...

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