"Four signs Mexico is embracing digital authoritarianism", 28 July 2021.

The Pegasus revelations are making headlines across the globe. But in Mexico, the use of NSO Group’s spyware to attack civil society is relatively old news, and there is a lot more to worry about when it comes to digital rights. Lawmakers are implementing harmful public policies, excluding civil society organizations (CSOs) from most conversations and taking an offensive stance toward critics. This has resulted in a digital rights crisis in Mexico...

On June 11 at this year’s RightsCon summit, Mexican CSOs gathered with representatives of international bodies and institutions to discuss the many issues Mexico is facing and call for international attention. Here are some of the most worrying initiatives, the reflections panelists shared, and why CSOs are warning that Mexico’s government is moving toward authoritarianism...

1. Mexico is ramping up deployment of surveillance tech, despite Pegasus...
2. Mexico is creating a massive biometric database to identify everyone using a mobile phone...
3. Mexico is threatening liability protections for internet platforms and proposing “fake news” laws to enable censorship...
4. Mexico is attacking civil society organizations directly...