Overview

• Deputy Armando Corona Arvizu filed an initiative to add Articles 211 Bis 8 and 211 Bis 9 to the Federal Penal Code, targeting AI-edited or manipulated digital content made or shared without consent.
• The draft sets penalties of three to six years in prison and 300 to 600 days of fines for using a person’s image, voice or identity to ridicule, harass, impersonate or damage reputation.
• Penalties would rise by half if the victim is a minor, a person with a disability or a public servant in office, or if the content is widely disseminated or causes demonstrable personal, work or psychological harm.
• The proposal covers memes, stickers, gifs, deepfakes, and other edited images, videos or audios, with supporters citing gaps in current law and increased accessibility of AI tools.
• Rights groups and legal specialists warn the broad terms and lack of clear satire or parody exceptions could chill journalism and political humor, and the measure remains a proposal pending congressional debate.