During the decade of 1990, the national police investigated the alleged relation between the basque newspaper Egin and the armed group ETA.
[6] In 2003, Juan del Olmo, judge of the Audiencia Nacional, orderer the temporary closure the newspaper Egunkaria during six month, and the embargo of all its property, with an accusation of being part of a business conglomerate controlled by ETA.
[9] One month before the dismissal of the case, the Audiencia Nacional ordered the closure of the website Ateak Ireki [es], considering it the successor of Apurtu.org.
[10] In 2013, the Audiencia Nacional closed a local online newspaper of Burlada, BurtlataHerria, accusing the administrator of apology of terrorism.
[11] In 2013, Eloy Velasco, judge of the Audiencia Nacional, presented criminal charges for apology of terrorism against seven member of the youth organization Ernai and ordered the closure of their website.
[citation needed][20] On 20 September the Civil Guard entered the headquarters of the Fundació puntCat, which administers the top-level domain .cat, and arrested the director of IT, Pep Masoliver.
The website closed to avoid a fine of up to 100 millions of pesetas for publishing the names of police agents and prison officials denounced for torture cases.
[27] In July 2024, the socialist government leaded by Pedro Sánchez presented a plan to limit internet access to certain sites (initially, pornographic in nature) using a token system, based on monthly renovation under government approval, allowing for a limited amount of access to the targeted websites.