Overview
- HODIO will quantify the presence, evolution and reach of hate speech on major platforms and publish results every six months in a public ranking.
- The system will be run by the Spanish Observatory of Racism and Xenophobia using recognised academic criteria applied to large volumes of publicly available activity.
- Pedro Sánchez said the rankings are intended to show who curbs hate, who looks away and who profits from it, describing social networks as amplifiers of polarization.
- The prime minister cited a 41 percent rise in hate crimes over the past decade as a reason to escalate oversight of online platforms.
- The initiative advances a broader plan that includes a proposed under‑16 social‑media ban, prosecutor inquiries into X, Meta and TikTok over AI‑generated child sexual content, and a proposal to criminalize algorithmic amplification of hate speech.