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 A Spanish government plan to fight disinformation has sparked complaints from the media and the opposition, which say it limits free expression and seeks to establish a "ministry of truth". https://www.thelocal.es/20201118/fake-news-does-spains-disinformation-battle-plan Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:28:28 +0100 fake-news-does-spains-disinformation-battle-plan Footage from a five-year-old miners' strike, a woman's broken fingers and a policeman who died on assignment: images swarming Spanish social media during the Catalonia independence crisis have one thing in common. https://www.thelocal.es/20171012/catalonia-crisis-a-breeding-ground-for-fake-news Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:52:16 +0200 catalonia-crisis-a-breeding-ground-for-fake-news