"announced five measures aimed at ending impunity for socialmedia platforms and their executives, and at protecting minors from their harmful effects. Musk quoted on his platform a post in which Sanchez outlined his proposals, using it as an opportunity to hurl those insults at him. He also referred to him as Dirty Sanchez a reference to a coprophilic sexual act adding a poop emoji."
"In that context, the Spanish prime minister argued that social networks have become a failed state in which laws are ignored, crimes are tolerated. One of the measures affects Musk directly: We will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for the many infringements taking place on their sites. This means that CEOs of these tech platforms will face criminal liability for failing to remove illegal or hateful content, Sanchez explained."
Spain unveiled a package of five measures to curb abuses by major digital platforms, protect minors and end impunity for platforms and executives. The proposals include changing Spanish law to hold platform executives criminally accountable for illegal or hateful content and criminalizing algorithm manipulation and amplification of illegal content. The prime minister described social networks as a failed state where laws are ignored and crimes are tolerated and pledged investigations into actors and platforms that amplify disinformation for profit. Elon Musk publicly responded by calling Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez a tyrant and traitor, using the phrase 'Dirty Sanchez' and adding a poop emoji.
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