Spain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon Musk. Sánchez said on Tuesday that urgent action was needed because social media was a “failed state where laws are ignored and crimes are tolerated”. Greece is also close to announcing a similar ban for children under 15, a senior government source said. Legislation to ban children under 15 from social media is passing through France’s parliament. But there was no unanimous agreement that social media harms adolescents, said Jose Cesar Perales, a professor in experimental psychology at the University of Granada.

Source: The Guardian February 04, 2026 08:35 UTC