Mexican proposal to regulate social media companies sparks USMCA concerns

Proposed Mexican legislation that would require operating licenses for social media platforms and regulate content moderation practices could violate U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement rules on non-discrimination, intermediary liability and cross-border data flows, according to industry sources. Ricardo Monreal, the Senate leader of Mexico’s ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), earlier this month published a proposal for a bill that would obligate social media platforms with more than a million users to request authorization from the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, Mexico’s telecoms regulator, to...