Spain plans to bar under-16s from social media and tighten platform accountability
Spain announced plans to ban social media access for those under 16, require age-verification on platforms, and create laws to hold social-media executives accountable for illegal and hate-speech content, part of a cross-border “Coalition of the Digitally Willing.” A bill could pass next week, with prosecutors eyeing potential infractions by Grok, TikTok and Instagram; Australia has already imposed a similar ban, and more EU countries are watching.