Musk furious over Spanish proposal for age limit

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Published 22.30

 

Billionaire and X owner Elon Musk, here at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP/TT

Spain could be the next country to introduce a social media ban for children.

But when Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presented the plans, Elon Musk got angry and called Sánchez a "tyrant".

- It is a place of addiction, abuse, pornography, manipulation and violence. We will no longer accept it, Pedro Sánchez said of social media when he presented plans for a ban for children under 16.

The proposal is similar to what the French National Assembly adopted last week. Australia has introduced a 16-year age limit and the issue is being discussed in several EU countries. Last autumn, Sweden appointed an inquiry into the issue.

But X owner Elon Musk is not impressed.

“The dirty Sánchez is a tyrant and a traitor to the Spanish people,” he writes on his platform, ending his post with a shit-sausage emoji.