Elon Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ over plan to ban under-16s from social media and curb hateful content

Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of XSpain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon...

<p>Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of X</p><p>Spain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon Musk.</p><p>The government is preparing a series of measures including a social media ban for under-16s, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said, promising to protect children from the “digital wild west” and hold tech companies responsible for hateful and harmful content.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/04/spain-under-16-social-media-ban-elon-musk-insults">Continue reading...</a>
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