Political theater has a new act: the Senate promises to toughen the rules of the digital game
Imagine this: 18.1 million Mexicans have been victims of digital violence. Of them, 10 million are women. Figures that are not just numbers—they are stories of harassment, fear and silence.
That is why the Senate has just announced that it will review the entire legal framework on digital violence. It is not a whim: it is a response to a crisis that is growing like a fire in a dry grassland.
Senator Guadalupe Chavira de la Rosa said it clearly: “We have made progress with the Olimpia Law and reforms to the Penal Code, but there are still legal gaps.” And he’s right—because as platforms like Google, Meta, and TikTok sign deals, predators are finding new ways to attack.
“The problem especially affects children and adolescents, exposed to grooming, cyberbullying and identity theft”—Unicef data cited in the legislative analysis.
What’s next? Specialized forums such as “Safe Digital Environments for Women and Girls”. The idea is to bring together expert diagnoses to build a law that is not a dead letter.
My dad said: “Laws don’t change reality if they don’t have teeth.” The challenge here is to give teeth to digital protection—because every click can be a threat or an opportunity to build security.
