Mexico's president wants to create uncensored social network

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed his government to create a social network that guarantees freedom of expression.

The comment, said by the Mexican president during a press conference, is related to the definitive suspension of the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was expelled from Facebook and Twitter after issuing messages that were considered to incite violent acts on Capitol Hill on January 6.

Following the suspension of Trump’s accounts on social networks, Mexican President López Obrador considered the decision as an act of censorship of such platforms. Therefore, he said his government will seek “alternative options”.

“We care a lot about freedom, it is an issue that is going to be dealt with by us and we do not rule out looking for alternative options, I clarify, to guarantee freedom, so that in Mexico there is no censorship; a country without censorship,” he said.

In another press conference, the Mexican president said that he will raise the issue before the G20, because, he pointed out, guaranteeing freedom of expression should be a competence of nation states and not of private companies.

“Freedom must be guaranteed, it must remain in nation states, it cannot be left in the hands of private individuals. At the first meeting of the G20 I will make a statement on this issue,” he added.

Meanwhile, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended Thursday the suspension of President Donald Trump’s account.

However, the social network’s top official acknowledged that the suspension of Trump’s accounts leaves a dangerous precedent for the notion of the free internet.

“Taking these actions fragments the public conversation. They divide us. They limit the potential for clarification, accountability and learning. And they set a precedent that I consider dangerous: the power that an individual or corporation has over a portion of the global public conversation,” Dorsey sentenced.