Freedom of the press in Spain

The Spanish Constitution, during its national referendum on December 6 of 1978, guaranteed the freedom of press in section 20 by stating the following: These changes contrast with General Franco's Fuero established in 1945, that restrained many fundamental human rights.

The law established a Google Tax, a system of a mandatory economic charges that apply to the news aggregators in order to compensate producers.

Journalists claimed that a self-censorship in the general aspect had risen, due to the political pressure and the threat of the layoffs; because of the ongoing economic crisis.

[2] Due to this problem, independent editors had to urged for lawmakers to address the issue to the New Transparency Act, but the changes were not made.

[2] Censorship is the power that is exercised by the government to prohibit the publishing of any news, book, movie or document that can attempt against the state.

The problem of freedom of press continues to experience a negative impact on the country's ongoing economic and financial crisis, leading to a decline in the media diversity.

[3] Most journalists in Spain who deal with agencies have had their war stories trying to grab basic facts about subjects that are important to the Spanish population.

The media ownerships is very dense and obscure, since the influence of economical and financial aspects are put on trial;[4] creating a pattern of the public money spent on advertising.