[Satire] "Antimemes Law" Advances in Senate Commissions; Political Satire Punished with Jail · Global Voices
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As was not the case years ago, legislators insist on criminalizing freedom of expression. The Morena faction in the Senate yesterday pushed in commissions a reform of the Federal Law on Protection of Industrial Property that seeks to prohibit parodys using the graphic identity of the government, and although it tried to nuance it kept it in prison. Morenist Senator Javier Corral announced the reduction of the proposed penalty from one to five ye…
The 'Antimemes Act' was passed on Senate committees. What follows and how will it affect you if you create images on social media?
Censorship on political satire and digital content took a decisive step in the Congress of the Union. The United Commissions of Justice, Economy and Legislative Studies First of the Senate of the Republic approved, with 25 votes in favour, 11 against and 2 abstentions, the opinion to reform the Federal Law on Protection of Industrial Property. The initiative, which now passes to the plenary for general discussion, aims to typify and punish anyon…
The joint Justice, Economic and Legislative Studies Committees of the Senate approved with the vote of Morena and her allies the reform of the Federal Industrial Protection Law that seeks to combat piracy, which qualified the article that aimed to punish with seven years of imprisonment those who used the governmental image for parodys and memes.Follow Political Debates At the last moment and in the face of criticisms of the opposition, article …
The joint commissions of Economy, Justice and Legislative Studies First of the Senate of the Republic approved amendments to the Federal Penal Code and the Federal Law on the Protection of Industrial Property to combat piracy and the illegal use of symbols... Full note »
The president of the Justice Commission, Javier Corral, rejected that the reform seeks to punish memes or parodys and explained that the aim is to prevent them from using the image of a public institution to deceive
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