Given the presentation of the Telecommunications and Radiodifusion Law initiative, we make respectful called to the @senadomexicano to guarantee consultation spaces and consider international standards on freedom of expression, information, privacy, digital rights and …
-UN-DH Mexico (@onudhmexico)
April 25, 2025
The network in defense of digital rights pointed out that the current writing of the initiative would enable ” to carry out an extreme restriction to freedom of expression on the Internet without the need for a court order that determines that a content or action is illegal and of gravity to justify said measure. ”
” The blocking of entire digital platforms constitutes an extreme measure, similar to the closing of a radio and television station, which cannot be justified in the face of the prohibition of prior censorship established by the American Constitution and the American Convention on Human Rights, ” he added in a statement.
Prohibit advertising paid by foreign governments in broadcasting is legitimate. But the initiative not only does that.
Submit to a prior censorship procedure the dissemination of any content “paid, sponsored or in charge” by any foreign person.
– [email protected] (@tumbolian)
April 24, 2025
In the plenary session of this Thursday, the Senate’s Board of Directors gave first reading process to the opinion with the Decree of the United Commissions of Radio, Television and Cinematography, Communications and Transport, and Legislative Studies, which issued the Law on Telecommunications and Radiodice.
After the Assembly approved in an economic vote to comply with said procedure, Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña said that the opinion is published in the parliamentary gazette.
The document, which derived from an initiative sent to the Senate by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, establishes the powers of the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency.
With this, the Agency will issue the technical criteria in telecommunications and broadcasting, as well as the National Radio Spectrum Program that will be intended to promote the use of this resource.
In addition, it expressly prohibits the transmission of advertising, propaganda or any information from foreign governments, different from that which has cultural or tourist ends.
According to Morenistas, “ without affecting freedom of expression and dissemination, ” prohibits the transmission of advertising or propaganda presented as journalistic or news information.
