Maldita.es found ten TikTok livestreams featuring babies or young children on 6 October 2026. Viewers sent gifts worth 9,648 coins while making sexualised requests; none of the broadcasts was stopped.
Spain’s data protection agency will ask TikTok to account for its removal efforts before deciding whether to block specific links. Maldita.es reported more than 1,000 child sexual abuse videos with over 48 million views. Prosecutors have opened an investigation.
UGT answered a PP post showing unionists at an AI-generated seafood meal with a message on social policy. Online replies accused the union of hypocrisy and revived the “comegambas” insult.
Maldita.es documented 78 TikTok live streams involving minors in 13 countries and more than 1,900 sexually explicit or child-abuse-material comments. TikTok said only two of 40 streams reported during broadcasts breached its rules.
Maldita.es said it would take TikTok to Spain’s justice system after finding more than 1,000 explicit child-abuse videos with 48 million views. The organisation says TikTok removed only 10% of the material it reported.
Spain’s youth minister has asked prosecutors to investigate TikTok and requested an urgent meeting. Maldita.es documented 1,183 explicit child sexual abuse videos with 48 million views; the ministry is considering suspending the service.
Maldita.es says it found 1,183 videos depicting child sexual abuse on TikTok, with 48 million views, alongside more than 26,000 profiles of potential offenders. It has filed a complaint with Spain’s prosecutor’s office.
Maldita.es says TikTok removed five of the 50 videos it reported. Its investigation identified more than 1,100 explicit child sexual abuse videos with 48 million views and prompted a complaint to Spanish prosecutors.
Police say online channels linked to “Blocus” identified targets and urged disorder across several Spanish cities. The 18 suspects include 13 minors; the force said the inquiry remained active and further arrests were possible.
Six young people have been arrested in Catalonia over alleged efforts to organise or promote looting linked to Blocus. Two adults are in prison without bail; four of the suspects are minors.
Bizum handles about 2.5 million transactions a day in Spain, according to figures attributed to the Banco de España. Labels such as «donación» or «nómina» can have tax implications if transfers are not properly supported.
A Barcelona court has ordered an 18-year-old linked to the violent digital group Blocus into provisional detention without bail. The judge cited indications of a conspiracy to cause public disorder and alleged membership of a criminal group.
Calls under the Blocus label spread through TikTok and private messaging groups before protests reached Barcelona. Officials say most participants are minors; platforms have taken action against related groups and videos.
Blocus calls spread through TikTok and private messaging groups, shifting from demands for better education to incitement to vandalism. Official sources say most participants are minors; Telegram and TikTok have taken action against related content.
Begoña Gómez has filed a complaint accusing the PP of circulating an AI video that uses her image and recreated voice to suggest she accepts the charges brought against her by Judge Peinado. Pedro Sánchez announced the move on a podcast.
A 46-year-old Instagrammer known as Paracetamol has been detained in Zaragoza on suspicion of inciting hatred. Police say songs in his videos ridiculed immigrants and other groups.
Anonymous TikTok accounts used the Blocus label to draw young people to Barcelona, where shops were looted and 33 fires were reported. The Mossos are investigating who ran the profiles.
The COP’s IV Psychology and Addictions Day takes place in Madrid on 28 October, with in-person and online access. Sessions will examine brain effects and vulnerability to problematic social-media use, then turn to psychological treatment.
More than 500 people took part in disorder around central Barcelona after calls circulated through WhatsApp* (принадлежит Metа, которая признана экстремистской организацией и запрещена в РФ) groups and TikTok. Chat members shared images of looted goods and discussed further gatherings.
Ahmed Benyahia and Youssef Abraoui say they will pursue joint legal action after being falsely identified online in the Burgos murder case. Police have detained six people as alleged perpetrators, yet the images continue to circulate abroad.
Anonymous school accounts known as curis have prompted police warnings in Spain. Posts that identify and humiliate pupils or teachers may lead to criminal offences or civil liability, depending on the case.
The PP says its AI-made video is political communication, while the PSOE is assessing whether it could amount to an offence or infringement. Ferraz is weighing court action or a complaint to a data-protection or AI regulator.
The logos of Nueva Economía Fórum’s regular sponsors were visible during Javier Milei’s Madrid address, contrary to viral posts. Organisers say his cabinet requested a different backdrop arrangement; the brands did not ask to be removed.
A trial in Castelló is examining a false complaint that grew into decades of online defamation. Former judge Sofía Díaz says the attacks left a digital record she cannot repair; prosecutors seek seven and a half years in prison for the leading spreaders.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo said a pizza order could help a squatter remain in a home for years. Pedro Sánchez answered by resurfacing a 2010 pizza tweet as the PP turned the exchange into attacks involving Begoña Gómez.
Cybercrime in Extremadura rose from 4,638 cases in 2020 to 9,593 last year. At a Badajoz event, the Guardia Civil and University of Extremadura warned of risks to young people, including AI-manipulated images and cyberbullying.
Ahmed Benyahia and Youssef Abraoui were falsely identified online as the men responsible for an 83-year-old woman’s death in Burgos. Their images reached hundreds of thousands of users, and their families are seeking an end to the circulation.
Grupo Tribuna is steering readers toward its app for daily regional coverage. The promotion brings Castilla y León sections and Noticias 24h into one digital entry point as the seasonal vaccination campaign gets under way.
Microsoft and NVIDIA are putting AI agents on Windows hardware. New containers and machines target local execution while reducing cloud traffic.
Nearly one in two students in Spain experienced a cyber incident while studying online or in hybrid formats. Malware and hacked accounts, alongside fraudulent educational offers, pose routine threats to the country’s digital learners.
Miguel Bernardeau has shared the extreme messages he receives after La bola negra. The film's treatment of sexual freedom has drawn hostility as well as applause.
Spotify is shaking up Spain’s audiobook scene with Audiolibros Plus. The new subscription brings more than 350,000 titles and new listening features to users across the country.
David Bustamante and Paula Echevarría say they are proud of their daughter Daniella, who has started university and is building a career as an influencer. The singer asks for respect for her privacy as she learns to handle life in the spotlight.
Seven members of Spain’s national football team and five top streamers will face off in a special Among Us session on Twitch. Led by Ibai Llanos and Auronplay, the event revives a pandemic-era gaming phenomenon with a new generation of champions.
A network failure on October 1 left thousands of DIGI and Movistar customers unable to make calls or access the internet. The disruption also cut communications at the University of Alicante, exposing the risks of shared infrastructure in Spain’s telecom sector.
