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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid and Rory Carroll in Dublin

Spain to investigate social media firms over AI-generated child sexual abuse material

Phone showing social media icons
The government is also preparing to introduce a social media ban for under-16s. Photograph: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

The Spanish government will ask prosecutors to investigate the social media companies X, Meta and TikTok to determine whether they have committed criminal offences by allegedly allowing their AI to generate and disseminate child sexual abuse material.

Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said his government had taken the decision to protect “the mental health, dignity and rights of our sons and daughters” and to end the “impunity” of huge social media platforms.

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