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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

Musk vs Europe: World’s richest man calls Spanish PM ‘fascist’ as X hits out over French office raid

Elon Musk has slammed Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez as a “true fascist totalitarian” after he proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers, as Europe toughens its stance against tech giants.

In a furious response on his social media site X, the tech billionaire described the Spanish prime minister – who had earlier promised to protect children from the “digital Wild West” – as a “tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain”.

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