Telegram Founder Joins Musk in Slamming Spain's Under-16 Social Media Ban

• Telegram founder Pavel Durov criticized Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez's plan to ban social media for under-16s, calling it "dangerous."
• Sanchez's proposed measures aim to protect Spanish minors from harmful content and include criminal liability for tech CEOs failing to remove illegal content.
• Durov warned that these regulations could turn Spain into a "surveillance state" through mass data collection and censorship.
• Elon Musk also denounced Sanchez, calling him a "tyrant and traitor" on his platform X, following previous disagreements.
• Spain's move follows Australia's similar ban, with France, Greece, and Denmark also advocating for such measures in the EU.