Mexican social media plan violates North America trade deal, industry says

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The Twitter and Facebook logos along with binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Latin American social media industry group that includes Facebook and Twitter said a reform in Mexico would violate an international trade pact, in swift backlash to a draft bill that seeks to regulate social media platforms.

The proposed amendment to the federal telecommunications law would create unjustified trade barriers in breach of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the group said in a statement shared with Reuters late on Monday.