Mexico - Senate approves draconian telecommunications bill

Reporters without borders

The senate has just approved the “Secondary Law on Telecommunications” that President Enrique Peña Nieto's government proposed on 24 March. Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the speed with which the bill is being adopted because some of its articles threaten freedom of information. The bill provides for content surveillance, the right to block telecommunication services, prior censorship of news and information that could endanger national security, and an unequal distribution of (...)

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