The difference with what was approved this Wednesday, with 480 votes from deputies from all the benches, is that now it will not be necessary for the disclosure of materials to be consumed, it is enough to threaten or extort money to do so.
The opinion has already been referred to the Senate of the Republic.
“Digital violence is also considered the malicious action of threatening, blackmailing, coercing or extorting a woman when carrying out the previously described behaviors,” was added to article 20 of the law.
This includes exposing, distributing, disseminating, exhibiting, transmitting, trading, offering, exchanging or sharing real or simulated images, audio, videos of intimate sexual content –materials known as pack– without their consent, approval or authorization.
The president of the Gender Equality Commission, deputy Julieta Vences Valencia, from Morena, one of the proponents, reported that, according to Inegi, 36.4% of women between 20 and 29 years of age who used the Internet in 2019 were victims of cyberbullying in the last twelve months.
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It is also estimated that 70% of the victims are adolescents and women, which has affected their private and social lives since their images are shared in real time and immediately, he warned.
