"The government is preparing a series of measures including a social media ban for under-16s, the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said, promising to protect children from the digital wild west and hold tech companies responsible for hateful and harmful content. Sanchez said on Tuesday that urgent action was needed because social media was a failed state where laws are ignored and crimes are tolerated."
"He also took Musk to task for using X to amplify disinformation over his administration's decision last week to regularise 500,000 undocumented workers and asylum seekers, pointing out that Musk was himself a migrant. Musk wrote on X in response: Dirty Sanchez is a tyrant and a traitor to the people of Spain. About an hour and a half later, he escalated his criticism, posting on X: Sanchez is the true fascist totalitarian."
Spain has proposed banning social media use for under-16s and is preparing additional measures to protect children from harmful online content and to hold tech companies accountable. The prime minister described social media as a 'failed state' where laws are ignored and crimes are tolerated. He criticised Elon Musk for amplifying disinformation related to the recent regularisation of 500,000 undocumented workers and asylum seekers; Musk responded with personal insults calling him a tyrant and a 'true fascist totalitarian'. Greece is close to announcing a similar ban for under-15s, and several European countries are coordinating on cross-border regulation. Governments worldwide are reviewing children's screen time and mental wellbeing.
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