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 Lionel Messi said Wednesday it was "strange" to see Barcelona locked in a row over a company accused of criticising current and former players, including himself, on social media. https://www.thelocal.es/20200220/messi-sees-strange-things-at-barcelona-after-social-media-row Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:00:22 +0100 messi-sees-strange-things-at-barcelona-after-social-media-row A YouTuber in Spain was sentenced to 15 months in jail and 20,000 euros for posting a video in which he offered a homeless man biscuits stuffed with toothpaste, a court said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190601/spanish-youtuber-found-guilty-of-humiliating-beggar Sat, 01 Jun 2019 11:33:24 +0200 spanish-youtuber-found-guilty-of-humiliating-beggar 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 When she posted jokes on Twitter about a 1973 assassination committed by Spain's Basque separatist group ETA, Cassandra Vera never for one moment thought they would land her a one-year jail sentence. https://www.thelocal.es/20170416/spanish-woman-jailed-over-twitter-terrorism-jokes Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:50:28 +0200 spanish-woman-jailed-over-twitter-terrorism-jokes 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 An entrepreneurial Spaniard has seen his plans to sell off the Twitter account handle @Roma thwarted: nobody in the eternal city of Rome appears to want it. https://www.thelocal.es/20131011/spanish-shoeshiner-fails-in-rome-twitter-quest Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:07:00 +0200 spanish-shoeshiner-fails-in-rome-twitter-quest Catalan police have arrested five Tunisian men in Barcelona for sharing over 400 videos on social networks of al-Qaeda leaders Bin Laden and Al-Zarqawi as well as footage of terrorist attacks and tutorials on bomb-making. https://www.thelocal.es/20130612/five-islamist-terrorists-seized-in-barcelona Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:59:00 +0200 five-islamist-terrorists-seized-in-barcelona Spain's national police has built up an army of over half a million followers on Twitter, using them to help swoop on fugitives and get tip-offs on drug dealers in an open dialogue that has helped bring the force closer to the people. https://www.thelocal.es/20130612/spanish-cops-chase-fbi-in-twitter-crime-fight Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:48:00 +0200 spanish-cops-chase-fbi-in-twitter-crime-fight Twitter is abuzz over a February 11th tweet in which the boyfriend of Spanish woman Yolanda De Mena allegedly predicted the world's new pope would be called Francis I. https://www.thelocal.es/20130314/prophetic-pope-tweet-goes-viral Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:02:00 +0100 prophetic-pope-tweet-goes-viral