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# Sanchez unveils plan to ban under 16s from social media, curb platforms
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-02-03-spain-sanchez-minors-social-media-plan/
- Published: 2026-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-19T12:00:08.000Z
- Description: At the World Governments Summit in Dubai, PM Pedro Sanchez announced plans to ban under 16s from social networks, hold platform managers legally liable, criminalise algorithmic amplification, and track a "Hate and Polarisation Footprint," alongside five other states.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [La Moncloa, Spanish government, 3 February 2026](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/presidente/news/paginas/2026/20260203-world-governments-summit.aspx?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any bill has been drafted, tabled or passed into Spanish law.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Announced plan only, no bill drafted; not an own/operate/law/parts move. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-19\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)