Mexico: Rejected Amendment of Federal Law of Telecommunications including content moderation requirement

On 31 August 2021, the amendment to the Mexican Federal Law of Telecommunications and Broadcasting was rejected after failing to be passed by the Congress before the end of the LXIV legislature. The amendment targeted the category of “relevant social network providers”, including social media platforms with over a million users in Mexico. The amendment would have requires relevant social network providers to remove certain types of unlawful content, including "hate speech", "fake news" and other content which the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) designates as harmful to public interest.