Spain's prime minister has pledged to ban social media for children under the age of 16. DUBAI: Spain will seek to ban social media for under-16s to protect them from harmful content such as pornography and violence, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Tuesday (Feb 3), drawing a furious response from X owner Elon Musk. "Platforms will be required to implement effective age verification systems - not just checkboxes, but real barriers that work," Sánchez told a summit in Dubai. "Today, our