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Musk Calls Spanish PM Tyrant and Traitor Amidst Platform Regulations

Following the Spanish government’s introduction of five new regulations for social-media platforms and their executives, billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X, has responded with strong insults directed at Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. These new measures aim to hold platform executives legally accountable for illegal content and combat algorithm manipulation that amplifies disinformation for profit. The Spanish government insists these changes are necessary because “social networks have become a failed state in which laws are ignored, crimes are tolerated.”

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