Overview
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the Council of Ministers will invoke Article 8 to request prosecutors examine whether X, Meta and TikTok committed crimes through the creation and dissemination of AI child sexual abuse material.
- Spain’s executive cannot initiate a criminal case, and any formal investigation depends on a decision by Attorney General Teresa Peramato after consulting the Board of Prosecutors.
- The referral is based on a technical report from the Presidency, Digital Transformation and Youth ministries describing an online environment tolerant of criminal practices that endanger minors.
- Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has opened a formal investigation into X’s Grok over personal data processing and its capacity to generate harmful sexualized images and videos, including those involving children.
- Related European actions include French raids on X and a summons for Elon Musk, EU Digital Services Act scrutiny of Grok, and Spain’s proposal to bar under‑16s from social media; Meta and TikTok state they prohibit child exploitation content.