Mexico, Senate approved new telecommunications law

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The Mexican Senate approved the new telecommunications law which prohibits the broadcasting of foreign government propaganda, allows the commercialization of advertising space in community radio stations and guarantees internet access to those who live in marginalized areas. Antonio Aranda, presents the following report. teleSUR

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00:00The Mexican Senate approved the new telecommunications law, which prohibits the broadcasting of foreign government propaganda,

00:06allows the commercialization of advertising space in community radio stations,

00:10and guarantees internet access to those who live in marginalized areas.

00:14Antony Aranda with the following report.

00:17El Senado de la República aprobó la expedición de una nueva ley.

00:20The Senate of the Republic approved the enactment of a new law on telecommunications and broadcasting for Mexico.

00:25Quienes estén por la afirmativa, favor de levantar la mano.

00:30Gracias. Quienes estén por la negativa, favor de levantar la mano. Quienes se abstengan, favor de levantar la mano.

00:35Los legisladores oficialistas del Partido Morena

00:37Legislators from the ruling party pointed out that this reform leaves behind a commercial telecommunications model

00:43and paves the way for a social approach.

00:45In the field of broadcasting, the law promotes non-profit social community indigenous

00:54and African-Mexican media like no other previous legislation has done.

01:00Preventing, pretending, and also giving them financial viability

01:04that balances the commercial and market model that has prevailed for decades.

01:08The new telecommunications law prevents foreign governments from spreading propaganda in the country,

01:19such as Donald Trump's advertisements against Mexican migrants.

01:23If you are considering entering America illegally, don't even think about it.

01:30Opposition senators rejected the new telecommunications law, considering it excessive in its powers.

01:35Under the pretext of banning commercials and foreign propaganda,

01:42they were censoring news programs from international networks and they also said that we were lying.

01:47Other legislators believe that the new telecommunications law will provide more development opportunities for the population.

01:59This law is based on an irrefutable premise.

02:04Those who do not have access to the Internet today are excluded from education,

02:08they are excluded from work, they are excluded from health care.

02:11They are even excluded from justice, but above all,

02:14those who do not have access to the Internet lose a great opportunity for social mobility.

02:18The Mexican government has emphasized that this new legal framework will give 16 million people access to high-quality Internet

02:31and has denied that there is any censorship.

02:36Everything that is part of the exercise of freedom, which is contrary to censorship, is access to the Internet.

02:41This law seeks to democratize access to guarantee that many more millions of Mexicans have access to this mechanism.

02:48It is a law that is precisely aimed at expanding the range of people who can exercise their right in this case via the Internet,

02:54but no, there is no censorship, there never has been and there never will be.

02:57Pero no, no hay ninguna censura, nunca la hubo y no la habrá jamás.

03:04Sanders, removed from the telecommunications law,

03:06the possibility of temporarily blocking digital platforms in order to prevent censorship.

03:10Antonio Aranda, Telesur, Ciudad de México.

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