Mexico on the Verge of Censorship! Senate Will Define the Future of the Telecommunications Law

Next week, the Senate of the Republic has the possibility to amend the Telecommunications Law that has been pointed out as a direct threat to freedom of expression. This initiative, promoted by Claudia Sheinbaum, also called the “Censorship Law” and has issued alerts in national and international agencies because it would leave millions of Mexicans practically silent. What does the new Telecommunications Law imply? Although the federal governmen…

Although the president of the Advisory Committee on Freedom of Expression, Namphi Rodríguez, announced that he will recommend eliminating regulations on digital platforms from the bill on the matter, the special Senate committee studying the initiative made it clear that the final decision rests in the hands of its eleven members. The president of the committee, Senator Aracelis Villanueva, supported Rodríguez's proposal to exclude digital platf…