Spain plans to ban social media for those aged under 16 and will create a law to hold social media executives personally responsible for hate speech on their platforms, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday. Spain joins a host of countries such ​as Britain and France considering tougher stances on social media, after Australia in December became the first country in the world to prohibit access ‌to such platforms for children under 16. "Our children are exposed to a space they were ‌never meant to navigate alone... We will no longer accept that," Sanchez said as he addressed the World Governments Summit in Dubai, calling on other European countries to implement similar measures.