MADRID – Argentine President Javier Milei took aim at Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the World Economic Forum in Davos, criticising his latest proposal to regulate social media in the EU.
The day before, Sánchez presented an initiative to better regulate social networks and limit hate speech and xenophobia, but not everyone seems to be on board.
Milei told journalists that Sánchez, as a socialist, just wants to silence those who disagree with him. He added that Sánchez’s intervention in Davos was “regrettable,” like everything he says and does.
The president called his suggestion “censorship” and the idea that all of those against the “woke ideology” are silenced.
On Wednesday, Sánchez presented a series of measures to strengthen the EU’s fight against what the PSOE leader called the threat to democracy posed by social media networks and “the techno-billionaire,” a likely reference to Elon Musk.
In his proposal, Sánchez called to put an end to online anonymity and suggested that big tech giants like X should be held responsible for what is disseminated on social media.
Milei was one of the far-right leaders present at Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, alongside others, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
(Fernando Heller | Euractiv.es)
