https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/anti-meme-law-mexico-insulting-images-veracruz-a8567041.html
'Anti-meme law' could see Mexicans jailed for posting insulting images
Critics say legislation ‘violates freedom of expression’
Chris Baynes |
1 hour ago |
Strict new cyberbullying laws could lead to internet users in Mexico being jailed for posting insulting memes, it has been claimed.
Veracruz state voted in favour of reforms that will criminalise the dissemination of “harmful or malicious” images, video and messages deemed to damage a person’s “reputation or self-esteem”.
Offenders can be jailed up for to two years.
Jose Kirsch Sanchez, the left-wing congressman who proposed the reforms, said they were intended to protect vulnerable internet users from abuse.
But critics have said the legislation is broad, with local media dubbing it “anti-meme law”.
Some suggested local politicians were seeking to prevent themselves from being ridiculed online.