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Spain asks prosecutors to investigate X, Meta & TikTok over AI-created child pornography

News Desk18th February 202623rd February 2026

18th February 202623rd February 2026410

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

News Desk5th February 202611th February 2026

5th February 202611th February 2026720

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 20261236

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 20261727

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 orders Meta to pay Spanish media companies nearly half a billion euros for ‘unfair competition’

News Desk20th November 202530th November 2025

20th November 202530th November 20252241

A Spanish court ruled on Thursday that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, must pay €479 million to national media organisations for...

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

News Desk3rd October 202512th October 2025

3rd October 202512th October 20251780

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 20253151

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 20252573

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...

Spanish PM Sánchez calls for EU to end anonymous social media accounts

News Desk23rd January 202528th January 2025

23rd January 202528th January 20251982

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez proposed ending anonymity for social media users on Wednesday, and forcing tech tycoons to provide accountability if their platforms ‘poison...

Spanish media association files €550m lawsuit against Meta over data protection

News Desk4th December 202311th December 2023

4th December 202311th December 20232106

A Spanish association representing 83 media outlets has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly...

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