Overview

• TEPJF’s Sala Superior revoked the State of Mexico tribunal’s admonition and fine against candidate Marco Antonio Nava over a campaign song on Spotify.
• A majority concluded the record lacked evidence that hiring a digital distributor to upload the song amounted to prohibited amplification.
• Magistrate Claudia Valle presented the prevailing proposal, which distinguished distribution services from paid boosting of electoral content.
• Magistrate Janine Otálora dissented, arguing that streaming diffusion can produce evident amplification effects under protective equity rules.
• In a separate unanimous ruling, the court invalidated INE reposición de pauta cost agreements for missing required market studies by its Radio and Television committee.