US EditionMexico president open to modifying telecoms bill after censorship accusations
- President Claudia Sheinbaum proposed changes to a telecommunications bill in Mexico City on April 26, 2025, amid fast Senate committee approval.
- The bill aims to restrict foreign political propaganda and create a new telecom agency replacing the previous one, but critics warn it risks censorship.
- Sheinbaum held a press conference requesting clarification or removal of article 109 to avoid censorship concerns, while the UN urged consultation respecting rights.
- Opposition senator Ricardo Anaya said on X the bill is part of a broader plan for state control over internet, social media, radio, and television.
- Sheinbaum suggested meetings with senators to modify the bill before final Senate approval planned next week, emphasizing the law is not intended to censor media.
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Mexico City.- The PRI coordinator in the Chamber of Deputies, Rubén Moreira, considered it necessary to reject the initiative of the federal executive in telecommunications, and to seek that the proposal arises from the hearings, human rights defenders and experts. In interview he insisted that President Claudia Sheinbaum's proposal is a "censorship law" and compared it with those of the countries that were subjected to fascism.
Deputy Ram rez Cullar offered the American Society to specify in the reform of the telecom law the blocking of digital platforms.
Protests in the country over the proposal that opens up authoritarian drifts. Claudia Sheinbaum defends it but admits that changes are needed. The government of Mexico, led by the left-wing leader Claudia Sheinbaum, has tried to pass a federal telecommunications law that it knew was the origin of the authors...
Telecom talk and a posthumous message from the pope: Friday's mañanera recapped
After President Claudia Sheinbaum’s comprehensive telecoms reform proposal prompted criticism from industry representatives and opposition politicians, she offered to modify the controversial section of the bill at her Friday morning press conference, or mañanera. Sheinbaum insisted the objective of the legislation is not censorship, nor to exercise control over digital platforms. She also deplored the murder of a member of a Jalisco search coll…
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Mexico president open to modifying telecoms bill after censorship accusations
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called on Friday for part of a controversial telecommunications bill to be changed or eliminated, after critics said the legislation could limit free speech and permit government censorship.
The president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has ordered legislators to stop the passage of the new Telecommunications Law and to amend—or definitely remove from the bill—the controversial article that established the possibility for the government to “block” digital platforms, which provoked controversy between the opposition and the owners of the major media. The president has reiterated that her administration does not intend to censor freedom of expres…
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