Published : 02 Oct 2026, 09:45 PM
Updated : 02 Oct 2026, 09:45 PM
Mexico's government expects to issue a bill next week requiring social media platforms to remove content that incites violence, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday.
The announcement comes after Thursday's attack at a school in the northern state of Coahuila that left a vice principal dead and four people injured. Two 18-year-olds believed to be the attackers were arrested at the scene.
"The goal is for digital platforms to take on some of the responsibility and refrain from disseminating, promoting, or spreading content related to this type of information — including criminal acts or violent behaviour," Sheinbaum said during her daily press conference.
She said the government would seek a bill, law or other legal framework requiring all social media platforms to comply.
The proposal is intended to protect young people in Mexico from exposure to violence, Sheinbaum said, adding that authorities were open to dialogue with social media platforms.
Countries including Australia, the UK and the European Union have passed laws requiring social media platforms to remove violent content.
In Latin America, Brazil has gone further, with its Supreme Court ruling in 2025 that platforms must remove content that incites violence. Lawmakers in Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica are considering bills that would restrict children's access to social media and require platforms to block harmful content, including sexual or violent material aimed at minors.
