Posted on 02/04/2026 11:43:34 PM PST by Mount Athos
Pedro Sánchez’s government is pushing dangerous new regulations that threaten your internet freedoms. Announced just yesterday, these measures could turn Spain into a surveillance state under the guise of “protection.” Here’s why they’re a red flag for free speech and privacy:
1. Ban on social media for under-16s with mandatory age verification: This isn’t just about kids—it requires platforms to use strict checks, like needing IDs or biometrics.
⚠️ Danger: It sets a precedent for tracking EVERY user’s identity, eroding anonymity and opening doors to mass data collection. What starts with minors could expand to all, stifling open discourse.
2. Personal and criminal liability for platform executives: If “illegal, hateful, or harmful” content isn’t removed fast enough, bosses face jail.
⚠️ Danger: This will force over-censorship—platforms will delete anything remotely controversial to avoid risks, silencing political dissent, journalism, and everyday opinions. Your voice could be next if it challenges the status quo.
3. Criminalizing algorithm amplification: Amplifying “harmful” content via algorithms becomes a crime.
⚠️ Danger: Governments will dictate what you see, burying opposing views and creating echo chambers controlled by the state. Free exploration of ideas? Gone—replaced by curated propaganda.
4. “Hate and polarization footprint” tracking: Platforms must monitor and report how they “fuel division.”
⚠️ Danger: Vague definitions of “hate” could label criticism of the government as divisive, leading to shutdowns or fines. This can be a tool for suppressing opposition.
These aren’t safeguards; they’re steps toward total control. We’ve seen this playbook before—governments weaponizing “safety” to censor critics. On Telegram, we prioritize your privacy and freedom: strong encryption, no backdoors, and resistance to overreach.
✊ Stay vigilant, Spain. Demand transparency and fight for your rights. Share this widely—before it’s too late.
Pavel Durov has already been arrested and held in France, it’s only a matter of time before Spain or some other country attempts to arrest Elon Musk, especially if a Democrat gets elected in 2028, other countries will see that as an opportunity to really hammer US Tech Executives.
This type of legislation, coupled with AI, will end the Internet as we know it.
Many rue the different forms of anonymity or relative anonymity in online forums. But anonymity in online forums combats the threat of doxxing. The surveillance state, though, among other purposes and functions, seems to be a direct assault by government on anonymity or relative anonymity in online forums, an unfortunate development. It’s a blatant attack on freedom of association, among other rights.
If I were Musk, I wouldn’t leave the country.
This is why I’ve said for years that “Optional” is invariably the larval stage of “Mandatory”, and “Conditional” is likewise the larval stage of “Compulsory”.
per SNL: Francisco Franco is still dead.
Unfortunately.
Today’s oppressive leftists continue to act the historical victims of Franco’s “oppressive” regime.
The Spanish coalition government is an alliance of the Socialist Party and the Communist Party.
I guess the author has never heard of the massive data center in Utah, which stores every single thing you do and say on the Internet, phone, etc. I'd say the precedent has already been set.
The communist playbook hasn’t changed. The names of the plays have. That’s all.
Is he still there? I was just thinking about him the other day wondering what became of him.
He was let out after a short period and allowed to leave the country where he lives which is Dubai.
Here’s a BBC article about the situation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg703lz02l0o
Thanks!
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