Olive Press News Spain Feb 05
Spain will ban social media for children aged under 16 to protect them from ‘digital Wild West’
theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/02/03/spain-will-ban-social-media-for-children-aged-under-16-to-protect-them-from-digital-wild-west/
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Sanchez announces Spain’s planned under-16 social media banPedro Sanchez announced age checks and a bill on platform accountability in Dubai on February 3.
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- At the World Government Summit in Dubai on Tuesday, Sanchez announced measures for a safer digital environment.
- Australia became the first country to impose such a ban in December, with other countries watching closely.
- A new bill planned for next week would hold executives accountable for illegal and hate-speech content, while criminalising algorithmic manipulation and amplification.
- Prosecutors will explore ways to investigate possible legal violations involving Grok, TikTok and Instagram.
Social media has become a failed state, where laws are ignored, and crimes are tolerated.— Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain, said this at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
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