Up to Three Years in Prison for Insulting Social Media: the Reform of the Cybersecurity Law in Puebla Alerts Journalists and Activists
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The reform of the Cybersecurity Law in Puebla has unleashed a whirlwind of criticism and concerns among activists and journalists. The legislative change allows for the imposition of sentences from eleven months to three years in prison for insulting on social networks. Several groups have warned that the law now allows crimes to be used against citizens arbitrarily, especially against journalists and the media. Laura Artemisa, the president of …
Rosa Icela Rodríguez Velázquez, Secretary of the Interior, welcomed the holding of a citizen forum in Puebla to analyze the scope of the so-called Cybersecurity Law, approved on June 12 by the local Congress, which criminalizes “cyberadium”, “digital espionage” and “identity usage”, with sentences of three years in prison and fines of up to 40,000 pesos. This reform of the local penal code has been criticized by organizations such as “Article 19…
Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and carry the information in the palm of your hand. Puebla sanctions digital insults with jail and fines The state of Puebla has criminalized cyber-murder, a form of digital violence that includes insults, humiliations and offenses carried out through social networks or other digital platforms. As of June 14, 2025, those who commit this crime could face between 11 months and 3 years of imprisonment, as well as f…
Puebla Public Prosecutor's Office confirms first complaint for the crime of cyber-murder There are records of some cases that did not proceed due to lack of legislation Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Anahí Valdez Puebla Public Prosecutor's Office confirms first complaint for the crime of cyber-murder Puebla The head of the Attorney General's Office (FGE) of Puebla, Idamis Pastor Bentancourt, confirmed that she received the first c…
Puebla Attorney General's Office Confirms Cyberbullying Complaint The head of the State Attorney General's Office (FGE), Idamis Pastor Betancourt, confirmed that there is a cyberbullying complaint filed last weekend, following the enactment of reforms to the Penal Code to punish this crime with prison and financial penalties. In a brief interview, the Attorney General commented that cases were previously reported; however, they were not successf…
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