Politics · Mexico · 1 day ago
Sheinbaum plans social media rules to protect children and teens
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum plans to hold a livestream next week with children and teenagers on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
She says she wants to hear their views in a safe setting.
The announcement follows an attack at a secondary school in Torreón, Coahuila.
Sheinbaum has proposed rules to stop platforms from showing young users content involving hate, sexual abuse, school violence, cyberbullying and other harmful material.
The plan also calls for platforms to remove accounts or content that promote violence, sort content by age and provide tools to report it.
Sheinbaum says young people should have privacy and safety settings active by default, and can get psychological support through Mexico’s Línea de la Vida helpline.
She plans to speak with social media companies and says the decree is due to be published next week in Mexico’s Official Gazette.
President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government will work on a decree requiring social media platforms to remove content involving violence, sexual harassment and abuse.
The plan would restrict children and teenagers from seeing several types of content, including hate speech, sexual exploitation and school violence.
Sheinbaum says she will speak with social media companies and aims to publish the decree next week in Mexico’s Official Gazette.
She also plans to hold a live discussion with children and teenagers on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook next week.
- Who
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and social media platforms.
- What
- Sheinbaum plans a decree to protect children and teenagers online by restricting harmful content and requiring safety measures.
- When
- She announced the plan on Friday, October 9, and said the live discussion and planned decree publication would be next week.
- Where
- Mexico; the proposed rules concern digital platforms, and the live discussion is planned for Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
- Why
- She said children and teenagers deserve safe digital environments. The plan followed an attack at a secondary school in Torreón, Coahuila.
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I invite you to stay tuned because next week we are going to do a live broadcast because I want to hear your opinions on these issues, in a safe environment, chatting, so you can tell me what you think. It will be on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
Sheinbaum presented a five-point plan to restrict children’s and teenagers’ access to harmful content on digital platforms.
Sheinbaum plans to hold a live discussion with young people on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
Sheinbaum says she will speak with social media companies and aims to publish the decree in Mexico’s Official Gazette.
- Proposed restricted content
- Hate speech, extremism, sexual abuse and exploitation, school violence, cyberbullying, illegal conduct and explicit sexual content
- Proposed platform measures
- Remove accounts or content promoting violence; age-classify content; provide supervision and reporting tools; activate privacy and security by default
- Support line
- 800 911 2000
- Planned live platforms
- Instagram, TikTok and Facebook
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