Uruguay - “Pressure from big media must not endanger proposed media law”

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders supports a proposed broadcast media law, known as the SCA or Ley de Medios, which Uruguay's Chamber of Deputies began considering on 22 May and which is due to be submitted to the Senate by the end of the year. The media freedom organization therefore regrets the pressure that some media groups have recently been exercising in an attempt to delay or block adoption of this bill, which could weaken their dominant position. The provisions and goals of Uruguay's SCA (...)

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