Spain BANS social media for kids 16 below, joining global crackdown amid free speech concerns Spain enforces strict social media ban for under-16s, becoming the first European nation to follow Australia’s precedent, citing online harms like addiction, hate speech and exploitation. Five aggressive measures announced: Criminal liability for executives failing to remove “illegal or hateful content”; ban on algorithmic amplification of harmful content; tracking platforms’ role in spreading division and hate speech; investigation of AI-generated crimes by TikTok, Instagram and Elon Musk’s Grok; and strict age verification for social media access. Critics warn of censorship risks, with Musk calling Prime Minister…

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