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EU proposes social media ban for under-13s as Sánchez says Europe is standing up to ‘techno-oligarchs’

News Desk16th September 202621st September 2026

16th September 202621st September 20261143

The European Union has unveiled plans to prevent children under 13 from using social media and introduce progressively tighter safeguards for teenagers, in what would...

Court hears challenge to mass dismissal of more than 2,000 Meta content moderators in Barcelona

News Desk16th September 202621st September 2026

16th September 202621st September 20261324

The Catalan High Court (TSJC) has heard a legal challenge to the mass dismissal of more than 2,000 content moderators in Barcelona who worked on...

EU hits Google with €890m fine over search and app store practices

News Desk23rd July 202627th July 2026

23rd July 202627th July 20261860

The European Union has imposed fines totalling €890 million on Google for breaching the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking the largest penalties handed to...

Spotlight: social media bans – imperfect steps in the right direction

Ben Giddings29th June 20262nd July 2026

29th June 20262nd July 20262849

On 15 June 2026, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that children under 16 will be banned from social media. Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook,...

Spain to launch system tracking hate speech and polarisation on social media

News Desk13th March 202617th March 2026

13th March 202617th March 20261846

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...

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

News Desk5th February 202611th February 2026

5th February 202611th February 20261656

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 20262212

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 20262979

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 20252392

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 20254203

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...

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