MADRID – Spain has ordered prosecutors to investigate social media platforms X, Meta and TikTok for allegedly spreading AI-generated child sexual abuse material, as European regulators intensify scrutiny of big technology firms over harmful and illegal content.
The announcement by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez comes amid a wider crackdown on online platforms, with regulators accusing them of practices ranging from anti-competitive behavior in digital advertising to ?deliberate design ?of addictive features.
TikTok said later Tuesday that child sexual abuse material was “abhorrent and categorically prohibited on our platform“.
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