"Social networking platforms should be neutral and not interfere in the political affairs of other countries."
This is the strong reaction that has come from Spain against the campaign that the CEO of the 'X' platform, Elon Musk, seems to have undertaken against some of the governments in Europe.
The reaction came from the spokeswoman for the Spanish government, after Musk commented on the statistics on foreigners imprisoned for rape in the country.
Pilar Alegría was answering a question about the confrontation between the billionaire owner of the 'X' platform and European leaders, such as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.
"We believe that these platforms should always operate with absolute neutrality and above all without interference," she said at the press conference.
On Sunday, Musk, who will join the administration of Donald Trump as a foreign adviser, commented with an exclamation of surprise ( "Wow" ), reposting on his platform, from the Visegrad24 account, a report on rape convictions in Catalonia.
The article was published in the newspaper "La Razon" on September 27 with the title "91% of those convicted of rape in Catalonia are foreigners" and with the subtitle "immigrants make up 17% of the total population of the region" .
Figures from Catalan authorities cited by the newspaper at the time showed that 22 of the 24 people convicted of rape in Catalonia were not Spanish citizens.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose liberal stance on immigration has been heavily criticized by the far-right Vox party, rejected any link between immigration and crime, saying "foreigners are neither better nor worse than the Spaniards" . (A2 Televizion)