The confrontation between Pedro Sánchez and Elon Musk does not stop increasing. Especially on social networks. The President of the Government announced this Tuesday. The South African tycoon’s response did not take long to arrive. And I not only criticize the measure, but he launched insults against the president.
Musk wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter), citing a video where the president announces the new measures. In it, the president explicitly criticizes Musk’s artificial intelligence project, Grok, for creating “illegal sexual” content.
Sánchez made this announcement, which also includes increasing control of digital platforms and requiring their managers to assume responsibility for infractions on their social networks, during his speech before the plenary session of the World Government Summit being held in Dubai. Musk used the video of the moment to launch his criticism.
El HuffPost He has taken to the streets to see what the Spaniards think, and more than one is clear. These are their answers.
Sánchez’s measures
Among the measures announced, Sánchez pointed out that the managers of the technology companies will be legally responsible for the infractions that are discussed on the digital platforms for which they are responsible. Hence Musk took it personally. The manipulation of algorithms and the amplification of illegal content will also be criminalized.
In short, these are all
- Prohibition of social networks for minors under 16 years of age.
- Classification of crimes such as the manipulation of algorithms and the amplification of illegal content.
- The Prosecutor’s Office will study ways to investigate possible legal violations of tools such as Grok, TikTok or Instagram.
- The creation of a tracking, quantification and traceability system that allows establishing what has been called “a trace of hate and polarization.”
And you, what do you think about all this, are you more of the Sánchez team or the Musk team?
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