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Mexico to Ban Twitter?
Twitter access in Mexico may soon be restricted if plans by the Mexican Revolutionary Democratic Party become law. The plan, drafted by republican and PDR member Nazario Norberto hopes to restrict Twitter usage in an attempt to cut down on crime.
From sharing the location of drunk driving checkpoints to more serious usage of Twitter by drug cartels, Norberto believes that restricting to access to Twitter will help reduce crime and create a “cybernetic police force” that will help in all areas of crime reduction.
Like many nations, Mexico is concerned that the speed of information sharing across these social networks is helping fuel criminals who are staying once step ahead of the police forces. The recent revenge attack on a Marine, part of a team responsible for killing one of Mexico’s most wanted drug lords, was linked to Facebook due to the speed of attack and detail of the location.
If passed, the law would be similar to the Spanish Bill which affords judges the power to shut down sites that are helping people break the law. One would assume the Mexican authorities are already monitoring social networks much like we have in the UK. Whilst Twitter is a site, its permeation run deep across the Internet so it will harder to stop or the ban would have to extend to all social networks.
The bill is still in draft stage, with no word on a date for submission.
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The post's photo is yet another caricature of Mexicans. How unique.</sarcasm> The drug wars in Mexico are serious business and so is the possibility of blocking access to what has now become an important global resource in Twitter. Poor photo choice.
You don't know what you're talking about, im from mexico, and youre all the way wrong
As always, we think the problem is the media and it´s not. They also organize themselves by phone and nobody is thinking on restricting the service…
What if there was a portable electronic device small enough to be carried in a pocket. And this portable electronic device was capable of transmitting a criminals voice to another criminal who is also carrying a similar portable electronic device. Wouldn't that be terrible!! How would we be able to defend ourselves against criminals who had MOBILE PHONES? We had better shut down the mobile phone network to protect ourselves!!
While the Mexican government is at it, they should also ban government corruption, drug trafficking, human trafficking, prostitution, pedophilia, violence against women etc etc etc
Authorities in Mexico, as many countries in South America, including some public authorities in the US, experienced a fear of not controlling the communications of SOCIAL MEDIA. As long the citizens of each country, continue to fight for freedom through communications, SOCIAL MEDIA will continue to expand.
Good information, BAD picture. Stereotype citizens from Mexico with the image of a “Charro” with guns is unrealistic and poor judgement.
Although Internet communication is much more effective than many other strikes me as far as not lost, since it offers more security would be perfect, it would be difficult to see that really they could. Twitter is a means by which you can learn a lot of valuable information.
And so it begins.
Mexico is not in South America
Mexico is not in South America
No m**en eso si es algo bien estupido por parte del gobierno un epic fail.
¿y cuando se han caracterizado por no ser estupidos?
Really, how can you just have one source for this information, the Mexico City government, who doesn't even use Social Media with enough knowledge to know what are they talking about?
The death of that Marine, for example, was easy for the drug dealers, without using Social Media at all, like using his full name, said by the president in TV when he acknowledged him for his help (and death) in the capture of one drug lord.
This political party, PRD, (and others) would be very happy to silence the dialog that social networks have created to discuss things like re-election, null vote, transparency, use of money in the government, discussions in which a lot of “twitteros” have been busy (most of them), even creating association to ask for a better government. Not all of them are using Twitter wrong, like saying where the alcohol check points are.
A shame that you didn't look for any of this active twitterers to give balance to this information.
Desgraciadamente la ignorancia precede al miedo y el miedo precede a decisiones erradas…..a falta de lógica el miedo los ataca y el no saber como detener algo se apresuran a tomar decisiones erradas, pero al final como muchas otras no llegaran lejos, pues como siempre no se pude terminar un problema social atendiendo las consecuencias, y esto es como el cáncer, mal atendido, hace metástasis en el cuerpo, en el caso del país es igual, solo dispersan más los problemas haciéndolos mas difíciles de manejar.
somos mas los que le damos buen uso …
somos mas los que le damos buen uso …
Pues para que vean como está la cosa, les dejo un blog en donde se nos informa de las negociaciones de #ACTA en donde a todos los cybernautas nos tacharan de criminales, Negociaciones ocultas para espiarnos por internet y aterrorizarnos con derechos de autor, por ejemplo:
Si usted es dueño de un site y se le ocurrió poner la canción de su artista favorito porque expresa su personalidad, SERA PERSEGUIDO COMO CRIMINAL PIRATA!!!!
chequen: http://www.openacta.org/
Pidamos informacion.
Es hora de actuar juntos para detener el #ACTA. El Senado de la República es el responsable de garantizar el acceso y transparencia a la información, que la 7ma ronda de negociaciones del #ACTA en nuestro país esta ignorando.
La reunión se esta celebrando en el Hotel Fiesta Americana del Guadalajara, sin que las autoridades den ninguna explicación al respecto hasta el momento.
Esta es la información para que contactes a la Comisión y exigas personalmente transparencia, respeto a tus derechos y libertades y respeto al principio fundamental de la red.
Si no puedes hablar con ellos directamente, pide hablar con sus secretarios técnico o asesores.
http://www.senado.gob.mx/comisiones.php?id=65
Presidente: Senador Raúl José Mejía González
raulmejia@senado.gob.mx
53-45-30-00
Ext: 3333,3423
Jaime Rafael Díaz Ochoa
jaimediaz@senado.gob.mx
Teléfono
53-45-30-00
Ext: 3497
Arturo Nuñez Jimenez
anunezj@senado.gob.mx
Teléfono
53-45-30-00
Ext: 5232
Rosario Ybarra de la Garza
ribarra@senado.gob.mx
Teléfono
53-45-30-00
Ext: 3236
Senador Javier Orozco Gómez
jorozco@senado.gob.mx
53-45-30-00
Ext 5340
Great idea, Mexico is messed up and any control down there that will cut back on the murder of innocent people is worth it.
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I didn't mean to said that MEXICO is is South America (NOT)…I should said “as many countries in Latin America who have to deal with corruption”…
haha my thoughts exactly
so because mexico has no control over the cartels they're going to cut-off one of the best communication tools for everybody in their country? uuhh…. that's smart…