Before a dispute about reform Telecommunications and broadcasting law, Chairman Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo He asked to be correct A compilation or article refers to Digital platforms which contains the initiative.
“In any case, this article should be clarified that we do not give any opposition arguments or to anyone that we want the censorship of the digital platform, such as Facebook, YouTube, etc. We have always been against censorship,” he said.
This specific article should be reported or eliminated, that is, I should not say that the purpose of the law, if it creates confusion, is believed that there was no goal for censorship and in any case that the article was affected or the spelling is modified, so it is absolutely clear that the Mexico government will not be absolutely subject to anyone that it is published on digital planes, it is clear that the Mexico government will not be absolutely prone to anyway And less censorship, which is published on digital platforms.
“This applies to this article, which armed a huge scandal, if there are any questions that we are going to censor, this is eliminated. There is no problem, ”he said.
The combined commissions of the Senate of the Republic approved Fast track In the previous opinion with the draft resolution issued by the Law on Telecommunications and Broadcasting.
The opinion of this initiative, sent yesterday to the Senate of the republic by President Shainbaum Pardo, approved 29 votes for nine against and without abstinence.
This initiative caused a contradiction, because in her Article 109 It is indicated that “competent authorities can request the cooperation of the agency (digital transformation) for temporary blockade on the digital platform.”
This will happen “in cases where it is advisable for violation of the provisions or obligations provided for in the relevant rules that are applicable to them”, and “the agency will release leading principles that regulate the blocking procedure for the digital platform.”
The opposition said in detail that this situation implies what they called “digital authoritarianism”, in addition to “puts freedom of expression in Mexico.”
The reform is part of this initiative, which Shanbaum Pardo announced this week to prohibit paid foreign propaganda after the distribution of the US Minister of National Security Christ at Mexico Christie Noem against illegal migration.
With information from López-Digo Digital