Mexico moves to outlaw foreign propaganda after US runs anti-migrant ad across border
- Mexico's Senate recently introduced a bill prohibiting foreign government propaganda broadcasts.
- A controversial US anti-migrant ad aired on Mexican television channels.
- This broadcast prompted outrage and calls for legislation banning such foreign content.
- The proposed law establishes fines between 2% and 5% of a concessionaire's total income.
- The Senate is expected to vote on the reform next week, potentially transferring spectrum management.
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Mexican government to issue fines for broadcasting foreign political propaganda
For the foreseeable future, if Televisa or any other broadcast licensee airs Donald Trump’s controversial anti-immigrant campaign, they will pay dearly. Literally. Claudia Sheinbaum’s government is pushing through a reform to the law in which fines of between 2% and 5% of the total income of the concessionaire that broadcasts propaganda from foreign governments will be applied. Taking into account the main Mexican broadcasting concessionaires — …
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