Netflix drops Spanish star of ‘Emilia Pérez’ from Oscar campaign after offensive tweets
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...
Spanish PM Sánchez calls for EU to end anonymous social media accounts
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...
Spain says social media platforms such as Elon Musk’s X must be neutral, not interfere
Social media platforms should be neutral and not interfere in other nations’ political affairs, the Spanish government’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. Pilar Alegría was responding...
From Estepona to prison in the US: extradited Brit jailed for cyber attack
A British man who hacked high profile Twitter accounts as part of a Bitcoin scam has been jailed in the US, after being extradited from...
First Twitter ‘fake news’ conviction in Spain sees €1,620 fine & prison sentence
A Barcelona court on Tuesday sentenced a Guardia Civil policeman to a 15 month suspended sentence in jail and a €1,620 fine for posting a video on Twitter...
Brit arrested in Estepona, accused of hacking Twitter accounts in Bitcoin scam
A British man has been arrested in the coastal resort town of Estepona in Andalusia, after being charged in the United States in connection with a high-profile Twitter...
Former speaker declines civil award over Twitter row
The former Catalan Parliament speaker, Núria de Gispert, has declined the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of St.Jordi/George) awarded to her last week, due to a...
Barça icon Iniesta apologises over blackface photo
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...
Spain’s PP apologises for PM death tweet
Spain’s People’s Party (PP) was left embarrassed on Saturday after posting a video on Twitter suggesting it wished Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez dead, drawing...
