Spain demands that TikTok suspend operations until child sexual abuse material gone
Summary
- Spain's government demanded TikTok suspend operations in Spain until child sexual abuse material is removed.
- Youth Minister Sira Rego appealed to prosecutors & the Data Protection Agency to act against the company.
- A media report documented 1,183 explicit posts on the platform receiving millions of views.
- Spanish fact-checker Maldita.es reported videos were viewed at least 48 million times with over 26,000 profiles commenting or sharing.
- TikTok restricted two search terms for users in Spain, but searches from other European countries still accessed the content.
- This request follows a previous government probe into X, Meta, & TikTok for allegedly spreading AI-generated child abuse material.
- TikTok did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Spain’s government has demanded that TikTok suspend its operations in Spain until it eliminates child sexual abuse material, it said on Tuesday, after a media report documented 1,183 explicit posts on the platform with millions of views.