Mexico to Require Digital Platforms to Protect Minors From Violent, Sexual Content

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• Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will sign a decree requiring digital platforms, including social networks and streaming sites, to shield children and teenagers from violent, sexual, and other harmful content, according to Investing.com. The move follows an attack by two students at a high school in Coahuila state that killed one person and injured three.
• Platforms must have compliance systems in place within one month of the decree taking effect, according to government adviser Luisa María Alcalde, who said the government will push legislation to penalize platforms that fail to comply. Officials have already met with Meta, Microsoft, Apple, TikTok, Google, X, and Huawei, though the companies did not immediately respond to comment requests; the rule applies broadly to digital platforms, not only those named.

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