Elon Musk

Spain to push ahead with social media ban for teenagers and rules to end online anonymity despite pressure from US tech giants

EU representatives plan to follow Spain’s lead in establishing regulations against adolescents’ use of social media, although some studies and tech execs believe the threats

15 May, 2026 @ 14:21

Andalucia·International Affairs·Lead·Other News·Politics·Sevilla

Elon Musk’s Starlink service lands in Gibraltar – but what exactly is the satellite internet system?

A NEW satellite-based broadband service has arrived in Gibraltar, promising reliable internet without the need for cables, phone lines or mobile masts. Known as Starlink

1 May, 2026 @ 16:30

Gibraltar·Lead·Technology

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez launches investigation into US tech giants X, Meta and Tiktok over AI-generated indecent images of children

SPAIN is launching a probe into AI-generated child abuse images on social media amid an escalating crackdown on tech platforms. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made

17 Feb, 2026 @ 10:06

International Affairs·Lead·National News·Politics

Elon Musk claims ‘emptied Spain’ could generate enough solar power to supply all of Europe – but politics and investment are holding it back

RURAL Spain could be transformed into a vast solar powerhouse capable of supplying all of Europe’s energy needs, according to Elon Musk. Speaking at the

7 Feb, 2026 @ 14:00

Environment·Lead·Technology

Elon Musk calls Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez a ‘tyrant’ and ‘fascist’ over proposed social media ban for children aged under 16

BILLIONAIRE and social media platform owner, Elon Musk, has called Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, a ‘tyrant and traitor to the people of Spain’ over plans

4 Feb, 2026 @ 16:00

Lead·National News

Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez slams judges for being 'political' over corruption probes driven by far-right groups

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez hits back at Elon Musk after divisive US tech boss criticises plan to legalise 500,000 undocumented migrants

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez hit back at Elon Musk after the billionaire appeared to criticise Spain’s plan to legalise thousands of undocumented migrants. In a

30 Jan, 2026 @ 14:30

International Affairs·Lead·Politics

Watch out on the roads: Spain gives Tesla green light to test unmanned cars all over the country without restrictions

ELON Musk’s car brand Tesla has been handed a significant boost after the government approved tests of its self-driving vehicles on Spanish roads – without

2 Dec, 2025 @ 10:02

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Annoying cookie pop-ups to end after EU caves in to Silicon Valley and AI revolution on privacy laws

ANNOYING website pop-ups requesting consent for the use of cookies could be a thing of the past after the EU agreed to water down its

20 Nov, 2025 @ 16:02

Business & Finance·Lead·Technology

Elon Musk’s X slapped with €5 million fine in Spain over dodgy crypto ads

SOCIAL media giant X (formerly Twitter) has been hit with a hefty €5 million fine in Spain after breaking the law on advertising financial products,

14 Nov, 2025 @ 14:37

Business & Finance·Celebrity·Lead

Tesla sales plummet in Europe in potential headache for Elon Musk: Deliveries of rival electric cars surge by over 500% in Spain

SALES of electric cars made by US manufacturer Tesla- owned by billionaire Elon Musk- plummeted by 49% in the EU across the first two months

28 Mar, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Technology

Donald Trump and Elon Musk voice support for Spain’s hard-right Vox party

US President Donald Trump and his billionaire supporter Elon Musk have backed Spain’s far-right political party Vox, with Musk going as far as predicting it

24 Feb, 2025 @ 19:00

Lead·Politics

Elon Musk's Tesla eyeing up massive Valencia deal in Spain

Barcelona based newspaper La Vanguardia joins UK’s The Guardian in leaving Elon Musk’s X after US election win for Trump

SPANISH newspaper La Vanguardia has followed in the footsteps of UK publication The Guardian and is ditching X (formerly Twitter). After the British newspaper closed

15 Nov, 2024 @ 11:26

Lead

Argentina’s Javier Milei takes a dig at Pedro Sanchez after Spain’s transport minister suggested the far-right firebrand was on drugs

A DIPLOMATIC row has erupted after Spain’s transport minister accused far-right Argentine president Javier Milei of consuming drugs during last year’s election campaign. At a

7 May, 2024 @ 12:27

Lead·Politics

Why Elon Musk’s social network X just suspended dozens of accounts in Spain belonging to scientific researchers and media outlets, only to later reinstate them

THE social network X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday night unexpectedly blocked dozens of accounts that belong to Spanish scientific researchers as well as media outlets,

18 Apr, 2024 @ 12:44

Lead·Technology

Elon Musk weighs banning X (Twitter) in the EU as bloc demands answers for ‘fake viral content’ relating to Israeli-Hamas conflict

THE OWNER of X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, is considering removing the social media platform from European countries such as Spain thanks to new regulations

19 Oct, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Technology

Every parent’s worst nightmare: How a mother moved her quiet, bullied son from Liverpool to the Costa del Sol only for him to end up in a New York jail

He was a quiet expat kid whose mother moved him to Spain to avoid his abusive father and violent bullying at school… but when he

28 Jun, 2023 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read

Elon Musk’s Tesla revealed as car maker interested in opening factory in Spain’s Valencia area

DISCUSSIONS are said to be an ‘advanced stage’ for Elon Musk’s electric car manufacturer Tesla to open a factory in the Valencia area. Both the

9 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Business & Finance·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Social network Twitter is to sack more than 80% of workforce in Spain

TWITTER is planning on sacking more than 80% of its workforce in Spain, as the company continues with the shake-up that began after it was

29 Jan, 2023 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead

Miguel Fluxá, president of the Iberostar Group.

Miguel Fluxa: Mallorcan hotel magnate worth $3.8 billion on Forbes rich list

HOTEL magnate Miguel Fluxa has been listed as one of the world’s richest men. The founder of Mallorca-based global tourism company Grupo Iberostar had a

9 Apr, 2022 @ 16:30

Balearic Islands·Mallorca

Tesla Spain profits soar despite CEO Elon Musk’s blunders, including calling British diver ‘pedo’ and smashing ‘indestructible’ Cybertruck

He was being sued by heroic British diver Vernon Unsworth who rescued children from a Thai cave, after labelling him a ‘pedophile’ on Twitter

9 Dec, 2019 @ 13:36

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Cadiz company brings Elon Musk’s Hyperloop dream closer to reality

AN Andalucian firm has built the first passenger capsule for the highly-anticipated Hyperloop rapid transport system. Airtificial, based in Cadiz, reached the global milestone in

7 Oct, 2018 @ 12:03

Business & Finance·Cadiz·Lead

Spain’s SpaceX satellite launch in California delayed by four days

It is hoped the Starlink satellites will provide low-cost broadband on a global scale by a constellation of small satellites with limited service starting by

19 Feb, 2018 @ 13:43

Business & Finance·Celebrity·Environment·Lead·National News