The Stream

Charting Mexico’s media landscape

How is the draft telecom bill making Mexicans rethink their access to information?

A proposed telecom law in Mexico has riled free speech activists who say it will give the government too much control over the media and doesn’t do enough to break up telecom monopolies. The government says it is trying to balance information freedom with national security, and is committed to reducing the power of telecom tycoons who control the market. On Monday, we’ll discuss what media Mexicans have access to and what they want in the future. 

In this episode, we speak to:

Rick Rockwell @rickrockwell 
Director, American University’s International Media Program

Jesus Esquivel @JJesusEsquivel 
Washington correspondent, Proceso Magazine
proceso.com.mx 

Oscar Mondragon @omondra 
Internet Para Todos Collective
omondra.blogspot.com 

Primavera Tellez-Giron @YoSoyRed_ 
Mexican Association of the Right to Information

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