https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections. https://www.thelocal.es/20190330/facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:47:35 +0100 facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Spain's socialist government on Friday approved a new tax on big internet companies as part of its 2019 budget, hoping to raise up to €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) next year. https://www.thelocal.es/20181020/spain-backs-new-tax-on-internet-giants-in-budget-plan Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:51:07 +0200 spain-backs-new-tax-on-internet-giants-in-budget-plan A Spanish court has sentenced four people to prison terms of up to seven years for recruiting and indoctrinating supporters, mainly young Muslim women, for the Islamic State group via Facebook. https://www.thelocal.es/20180927/spanish-court-hands-facebook-is-recruiters-prison-sentences Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:16:00 +0200 spanish-court-hands-facebook-is-recruiters-prison-sentences Lionel Messi, Gareth Bale and other La Liga stars will soon be beamed for free to viewers in the Indian subcontinent as part of a landmark deal with Facebook to broadcast matches, the Spanish top flight division said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180814/facebook-to-broadcast-la-liga-games-for-free-in-indian-subcontinent Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:00:21 +0200 facebook-to-broadcast-la-liga-games-for-free-in-indian-subcontinent Spain's data protection watchdog said Monday it has slapped Facebook with a fine of €1.2 million ($1.44 million) for failing to prevent its users' data being accessed by advertisers. https://www.thelocal.es/20170911/facebook-fined-12-million-by-spanish-data-watchdog Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:19:34 +0200 facebook-fined-12-million-by-spanish-data-watchdog Facebook and Microsoft have teamed up to build a new submarine megacable that will link the USA to Spain with a superfast connection. https://www.thelocal.es/20160527/undersea-megacable-planned-between-us-and-spain Fri, 27 May 2016 13:20:05 +0200 undersea-megacable-planned-between-us-and-spain Spanish police on Wednesday arrested 14 people in nationwide raids for allegedly glorifying terror acts by three radical groups in Facebook and Twitter messages, the interior ministry said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160414/spanish-police-arrest-14-for-glorifying-terrorism-online Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:07:41 +0200 spanish-police-arrest-14-for-glorifying-terrorism-online A Spaniard has been handed a one year jail sentence after writing on Facebook that "killing fascists" was his favourite sport. https://www.thelocal.es/20160315/spain-man-joked-about-killing-fascists-on-facebook Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:17:04 +0100 spain-man-joked-about-killing-fascists-on-facebook Images of bullfighting are likely to be censored on Facebook from now on after the social network included the tradition on its offensive list. https://www.thelocal.es/20160119/spain-facebook-bans-bulls Tue, 19 Jan 2016 16:13:39 +0100 spain-facebook-bans-bulls Traffic wardens are not the most popular people in the world, but one Spaniard has taken his hatred for them a little too far... https://www.thelocal.es/20151230/spaniard-faces-fine-for-urging-jihadists-to-kill-traffic-wardens-on-facebook Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:29:15 +0100 spaniard-faces-fine-for-urging-jihadists-to-kill-traffic-wardens-on-facebook Spain's Facebook users seemingly mention Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy more than any other leader, but whether they like him or not is another matter… https://www.thelocal.es/20151125/facebook-reveals-spain-cannot-stop-talking-about-prime-minister-rajoy Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:32:18 +0100 facebook-reveals-spain-cannot-stop-talking-about-prime-minister-rajoy Facebook has admitted that it is tracking political opinions posted by Spaniards to gather data about the upcoming election. https://www.thelocal.es/20151112/facebook-tracking-spaniards-political-views-leading-up-to-election Thu, 12 Nov 2015 15:41:42 +0100 facebook-tracking-spaniards-political-views-leading-up-to-election The social network’s new plan to expand on the 'like' button was rolled out in Spain for a trial run on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20151009/wow-facebook-to-trial-new-reactions-in-spain Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:06:54 +0200 wow-facebook-to-trial-new-reactions-in-spain Police in Malaga were able to track down a sex offender by tracing the serial number of the elevator after he posted a photograph of himself in it on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.es/20151005/thief-caught-in-spain-after-posting-elevator-selfie-on-facebook Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:21:15 +0200 thief-caught-in-spain-after-posting-elevator-selfie-on-facebook An athletics club in southern Spain has been banned from using their name on Facebook…because it sounds too sexy. https://www.thelocal.es/20150817/too-sexual-athletics-group-banned-from-facebook Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:48:57 +0200 too-sexual-athletics-group-banned-from-facebook Welcome to life under Spain's new gag law, where one of the first offenders has been fined €600 for calling police 'slackers' on social media. https://www.thelocal.es/20150729/first-gag-law-fine-for-calling-police-lazy-on-facebook Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:45:49 +0200 first-gag-law-fine-for-calling-police-lazy-on-facebook The CEO of Facebook was in Barcelona this week attending the Mobile World Congress. If he had written us a postcard it might have read something like this... https://www.thelocal.es/20150306/postcard-frommark-zuckerberg Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:32:07 +0100 postcard-frommark-zuckerberg A man who was banned from getting in touch with his ex-girlfriend has had his appeal overthrown and will serve nine months in prison for commenting on her Facebook photo https://www.thelocal.es/20150108/ex-boyfriend-jailed-for-facebook-message Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:17:00 +0100 ex-boyfriend-jailed-for-facebook-message A politician with Spain's Socialist opposition party has come under fire for a Christmas Facebook message featuring a faked image of the Spanish prime minister in a coffin. https://www.thelocal.es/20150107/politician-slammed-for-fake-pic-of-dead-pm Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +0100 politician-slammed-for-fake-pic-of-dead-pm Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg answered questions on Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and defended his huge €14 billion ($19 billion) takeover of free mobile messaging service WhatsApp, saying it is actually worth much more. https://www.thelocal.es/20140225/zuckerberg-takes-centre-stage-in-barcelona-tech-fair Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:20:00 +0100 zuckerberg-takes-centre-stage-in-barcelona-tech-fair