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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