After Torreón School Attack, Sheinbaum Presents Decree on Social Media Content for Minors: Friday's Mañanera Recapped
The decree would require platforms to block or remove harmful material and is tied to a school attack that left one person dead and four injured.
- On Friday, President Sheinbaum announced a federal inter-agency working group to establish "safe digital environments" for minors, with a decree barring platforms from displaying violent or extremist content to youth pending legal review.
- Following a fatal machete attack at a school in Torreón, Coahuila, on Thursday, authorities allege 18-year-old twin brothers perpetrated the violence after exposure to extremist content on social media forums.
- Presidential legal adviser Luisa María Alcalde stated the decree prohibits platforms from recommending content promoting hate speech, violent extremism, sexual exploitation, self-harm, eating disorders, cyber-bullying, and illegal conduct to minors.
- At the same briefing, Sheinbaum addressed a Thursday prison shooting in Mazatlán that killed nine inmates and a two-year-old visitor, with sixteen prisoners injured during the outbreak of violence.
- Hurricane Simon, a Category 1 storm on Friday, could intensify to a Category 3 or 4 before making landfall this weekend near Jalisco and Colima on Mexico's Pacific coast.
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A new decree that smells of censorship is being prepared in the National Palace, according to the authorities, the measure aims to guarantee children and adolescents an environment free of violence.
After Torreón school attack, Sheinbaum presents decree on social media content for minors: Friday's mañanera recapped
Friday's press conference included news of a presidential order to limit minors' access to harmful social media content, a Civil Protection advisory for Hurricane Simon and the president's response to a deadly prison riot.
Mexico City, Oct. 9 (EFE).- The Government of Mexico detailed on Friday the measures with which it seeks to restrict the access of minors to violent and sexual content on digital platforms, including their immediate withdrawal and automatic activation of security controls, although it acknowledged that the decree [...] La entrada Mexico presents a decree against violent and sexual content on social networks was first published in HolaNews.
The president assures that the measure will be published the week before its entry into force
If the platforms do not comply with the obligation, then the authorities will review whether a law is necessary or apply sanctions
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