President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced that next week she will hold a live broadcast to learn the public's opinion on the decree promoted by her government to guarantee safe digital environments for girls, boys, and adolescents.
"We want safe digital environments for our girls, boys, and adolescents," said the federal leader.
The proposal establishes that digital platforms must implement mechanisms to identify and remove content that promotes hate speech, violent extremism, school bullying, cyberbullying, and illicit conduct, among other materials that could put minors at risk.
The decree also includes measures to prevent access to publications related to sexual abuse and exploitation, suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, and violence in the school environment, as well as tools to classify content by age and facilitate supervision by mothers, fathers, and guardians.
This Friday, at the morning press conference, the legal counsel to the Presidency, Luisa María Alcalde Luján, explained that the provisions are aimed at all digital platforms and social networks, which must have mechanisms to report violent posts, establish default privacy and security settings for minors, and respond to information requests from investigating authorities.
Likewise, it is proposed that the platfor…
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President Claudia Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced that next week she will hold a live broadcast to learn the public's opinion on the decree promoted by her government to guarantee safe digital environments for girls, boys, and adolescents. "We want safe digital environments for our girls, boys, and adolescents," the federal leader said. The proposal establishes that digital platforms must implement mechanisms to identify and remove content that promotes hate speech, violent extremism, school harassment, cyberbullying, and illicit conduct, among other materials that could put minors at risk. The decree also includes measures to prevent access to publications related to sexual abuse and exploitation, suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, and violence in the school environment, as well as tools to classify content by age and facilitate supervision by mothers, fathers, and guardians. President Claudia Sheinbaum during her press conference this Friday, October 9, 2026, from the National Palace. Photo: PresidencyThis Friday, at the morning press conference, the legal counsel to the Presidency, Luisa María Alcalde Luján, explained that the provisions are aimed at all digital platforms and social networks, which must have mechanisms to report violent posts, establish default privacy and security settings for minors, and respond to information requests from investigating authorities. Likewise, it is proposed that platforms maintain a point of contact year-round and alert authorities when they identify content that could threaten life. The federal government also plans to set up working groups to develop regulatory proposals that strengthen the protection of girls, boys, and adolescents on the internet. You may be interested in: Sheinbaum calls on the population to take shelter after Hurricane Simón intensifies to category 3 "It is a form of censorship against the press": cartoonist Paco Navarrete Ken Salazar questions ICE agents' actions against migrants; "what we are seeing today in the US is wrong," they say