Social Networking in Mexico

In the El Paso Times, Lourdes Cardenas, has written a blog about the Mexico government is legally trying to ban social media networking. The reason Mexico is trying to ban social network like Tweeter and Facebook is to eliminate gossip and fear among the people about the cartels.  A bill was passed, in Tabasco, Mexico to punish people that are using social networks to stretch gossip or information that causes people to get scared involving the Mexican crime. Will social networking come to a point where people really serve time in jail for freedom of speech?  The audience here is anyone who is using social networking to inform people about cartel or crime in Mexico.  This critique is making an interesting point. That using social network for distributing information that causes fear among the people is not the problem; it’s the Mexican government that is lacking responsibility to communicate with the people.  I fully agree with this author that if Mexico is going to punish people just for posting news on a social network is ridiculous.  The evidence shows there were rumors about a shooting on a social network, in Saltillo, Mexico but yet no government officials gave people any news if the incident was false or true.  It is very obvious that the Mexican government is not taking action in allowing the people information about safety. The author does a great job of making the point so clear that it’s not the social networking that’s the problem it’s the lack of mass media in Mexico.  I agree with the author. People shouldn’t be put in jail for spreading information. The government should find better ways to communicate with the people and social networking wouldn’t be a problem.