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Honduras Congress Analyzes Reforms to Ensure Sustainability of Community Media - Observacom
Honduras · Honduras

Honduras Congress Analyzes Reforms to Ensure Sustainability of Community Media - Observacom

Following a report detailing the barriers facing the sector, a Special Commission of the Honduran legislature presented a bill that includes: 33% spectrum reserve for the sector, elimination of the economic auction as a means of access to frequencies and the creation of a Directorate of Community Audiovisual Media to design public policies for the sector Photo: Congress of Honduras A Special Commission of the National Congress of Honduras drafte…Read Article
Uruguay: Civil Society Poses Challenges and Priorities in the Area of Freedom of Expression to the Orsi Government - Observacom
Montevideo · Montevideo

Uruguay: Civil Society Poses Challenges and Priorities in the Area of Freedom of Expression to the Orsi Government - Observacom

Within the framework of the Month of Press Freedom, the meeting “Civil society proposes: The agenda of freedom of expression and communication in Uruguay for the next 5 years”, a key forum in which various social organizations raised the current and future challenges in this area, before authorities and officials of the new government. Representatives of social organizations and state authorities linked to the regulation and policies of communic…Read Article
A Draft Bill of a New Dominican Freedom of Expression Law Has Been Submitted to the Senate and a Special Committee Will Analyse It - Observacom
Senate · Dominican Republic

A Draft Bill of a New Dominican Freedom of Expression Law Has Been Submitted to the Senate and a Special Committee Will Analyse It - Observacom

The initial proposals response the law in force since 1962 with updated legislation compatible with international standards. The Senate formed a special committee that promised to listen to all sectors, emphasizing that the length of the process doesn’t matter, as the goal is to achieve a broadly agreed-upon bill. The draft Organic Law on Freedom of Expression and Audiovisual Media was presented by the Executive Branch to the Senate of the Domin…Read Article

Less moderation, more misinformation: The impact of Meta's new policies on Ecuador's elections. - Observacom

By OBSERVACOM. Ecuador was the first country in Latin America to hold presidential elections following the shift announced by Meta in January 2025, which included the abandonment of independent fact-checking programs and a reduction in political content moderation. Local organizations warn that these new policies are already having concrete effects: fewer labels on verified disinformation, more circulation of AI-manipulated content, and minimal …Meta · EcuadorRead Article

What Can Latin American Audiovisual Regulators Do About Disinformation? - Observacom

By María Capurro Robles, OBSERVACOM project coordinator. During the "Audiovisual Regulators: Measures to Combat Disinformation" conference agreed by the Ibero-American Platform of Audiovisual Regulators (PRAI), OBSERVACOM provided recommendations on concrete actions, strategies, and collaborations that audiovisual regulators can delegate to address this phenomenon and protection audiences. Growing concerns about the disinformation landscape and …Read Article

Regulation of Large Digital Platforms in Uruguay: “We Started” - Observacom

By Gustavo Gómez, executive director OBSERVACOM. Photo: Aramuni, Fernanda. Department of Photography of the Parliament of Uruguay With the Seminar “Challenges for the protection of freedom of expression and access to information on the Internet” (22 May, held in Parliament), we started a process that has very ambitious objectives. I cannot call otherwise the search to recover a free and open Internet. And that happens, among other tasks, to esta…Montevideo · MontevideoRead Article

What Can Latin American Audiovisual Regulators Do in the Face of Misinformation? - Observacom

By María Capurro Robles, coordinator of OBSERVACOM projects. During the Conference “Audiovisual Regulators: Measures against Disinformation” convened by the Platform of Regulators of the Audiovisual Sector of Ibero-America (PRAI), OBSERVACOM provided recommendations on concrete actions, strategies and articulations that audiovisual regulators can deploy to address this phenomenon and protect audiences.Read Article

Report: Status of Regulation of Digital Platforms in Uruguay - Observacom

How protected are the rights of people in Uruguay when using social networks and other digital platforms? The new report “Status of the regulation of digital platforms in Uruguay”, by Datysoc and OBSERVACOM, with the support of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (PIDC) of UNESCO, provides some necessary keys to answer this question. In the report we analyze the panorama of the fragmented legislation in force, rangin…Regulation · UruguayRead Article

[Opinion] Opinion on the Draft Inter-American Model Law to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Digital Violence Against Women on the Grounds of Gender - Observacom

OBSERVACOM presented its comments on the draft Inter-American Model Law on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Digital Violence against Women on the basis of Gender in the framework of the consultation process convened by MESECVI (Committee of Experts of the Mechanism for Follow-up to the Convention of Belém do Pará). OBSERVACOM recognizes the value of this initiative in that it reflects a concern expressed by different human rights pr…OpinionRead Article

Less moderation, more disinformation: the impact of Meta's new policies on Ecuador's elections - Observacom

By OBSERVACOM. Ecuador was the first country in Latin America to hold presidential elections after the turn announced by Meta in January 2025, which included the abandonment of independent verification programs and a reduction in moderation on political content. Local organizations warn that these new policies already have concrete effects: less labelling of misinformation checked, more circulation of content manipulated with AI and a minimum di…Meta · EcuadorRead Article

First instance of dialogue to build the foundations of democratic governance of large digital platforms in Uruguay - Observacom

On 22 May, the first open activity of the multilateral dialogue will take place to regulate the large digital platforms in Uruguay. It is the Seminar “Challenges for the protection of freedom of expression and access to information on the Internet”. The activity, public and open, will be held on Thursday, 22 May, from 14:30 to 17:30, in the Sala Acuña de Figueroa of the Annex of the Legislative Palace. The seminar is organized by the Data and So…Montevideo · MontevideoRead Article

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