Husain Parvez
Published on: October 1, 2025
Mexico’s Senate is moving forward with a new cybersecurity work agenda that could reshape the country’s digital regulation landscape. Led by the Senate’s Digital Rights Commission, the initiative seeks to develop and approve a comprehensive national cybersecurity law covering data protection, digital commerce, and online expression.
“With the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications, we discussed several topics, one of them being the organization of dialogue tables on cybersecurity to prepare the ruling on three initiatives that are in commissions for a national cybersecurity law,” said Luis Donaldo Colosio, President of the Digital Rights Commission.
The Senate aims to respond to the country’s fragmented cybersecurity framework, which currently lacks unified regulation. Existing laws criminalize certain cyber activities and mandate data protection, but oversight is split across multiple agencies. A recent legislative reshuffle has intensified the urgency, after the dissolution of Mexico’s data protection authority INAI and growing concerns about centralized power over digital governance.
According to the Digital Rights Commission, the absence of robust legislation “creates uncertainty for companies operating in the digital sector and exposes citizens to significant risks.” The new work plan includes cybersecurity training workshops during October, designated as Cybersecurity Month, as well as forums in November to update the General Law of Digital Rights.
The effort also includes a gender lens. A workshop titled “Legislating with a Gender Perspective in the Ecosystem” will be held in collaboration with Mujeres por más mujeres to help legislative teams embed equality into new digital policies.
If passed, the law would establish safeguards across digital platforms, social networks, and e-commerce tools, with a specific emphasis on protecting minors. The framework would also address the intersection of cybersecurity and free speech, a point that has drawn scrutiny in previous legislative proposals.
The final objective, Colosio noted, is to “establish a safer, more predictable, and equitable digital environment for all stakeholders.”
