Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum presented the draft presidential decree on Friday, Oct. 9, saying it responds to a recent school attack in Torreón and that the government plans to publish the measure in the Diario Oficial between Oct. 13 and Oct. 14.
- The decree names specific harms that platforms must block or not recommend to minors, including hate and violent extremism, sexual abuse and exploitation, suicide and self‑harm, eating disorders, school violence, harassment and illicit conduct.
- Platforms would have clear operational duties: detect and remove offending content and accounts, classify material by age, enable easy reporting, provide parental‑supervision tools, set privacy defaults for minor accounts and keep a 24/7 authority contact to preserve and deliver evidence.
- The measure is presented as a non‑punitive, immediate administrative instrument that asks for voluntary compliance with talks and working groups planned with companies, with officials warning they will push for statutory regulation and sanctions if platforms do not cooperate.
- The government pairs the decree with prevention steps such as a mental‑health helpline and school programs and faces expert and civil‑society concerns about technical limits on age checks, risks to free speech and the possibility that harmful content will move to less regulated online spaces.