Paulo Portas, former CDS leader, participated in the PSD Summer University and defended that taking digital platforms to court is a measure "more important" than limiting access to social media for minors. The politician downplayed the latter measure, which should reach Portugal through an understanding between PSD and PS.
About the situation in Ceuta, Portas adopted a different position from Montenegro. While the PSD leader spoke about policies with "pull effect", Portas did not follow that line. Instead, he accused the Spanish government in Madrid of "lack of care" for having allowed itself to be "surprised" by the power of social media.
The article comes in the context of the migratory crisis in Ceuta, where thousands of people crossed the border irregularly, apparently coordinated through social media. Portas criticized the way Madrid handled this issue, suggesting that Spanish authorities should have been more attentive to the organizing potential of social networks.
