Spain to ban access to social media
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urges the protection of children from a "digital wild west."
MADRID, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Spain and Greece on Tuesday proposed bans on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against technology some say is designed to be addictive and the measures announced by Spain's Prime Minister,
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain would block children from using social media platforms including Instagram and TikTok in a new European push to regulate digital platforms. Madrid wants to limit the use of the platforms by people younger than 16 years,
ByteDance (BDNCE)-owned TikTok intends to launch its in-app shopping platform in Spain and Ireland as early as October, Bloomberg News reported. The move is aimed at resuming its stalled efforts to expand in Europe. The company informed partners including ...