The Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection wants to make a criminal reform where the sale of video games to minors is classified as a crime
The Mexican authorities have pointed out that the video game increase the violence and the tall ones crime rates. This is why it has been proposed that the sale of violent games to minors is a crime.
Through a statement it was revealed that the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection wants to make a criminal reform where the sale of this type of video game to persons under 18 years of age.
Rosa Icela RodrÃguez, head of the SSPC, stressed that the advancement of technology forces the authorities to make legal adjustments. To protect the safety and development of children and adolescents.
For this reason, reforms were proposed to classify it as crime the sale of video games make an apology for violence. Or that contain content about drug use by minors.
“So we propose to carry out reforms in criminal matters to criminalize the sale to minors of video games that advocate violence and crime, as well as those that have content on drug use”
This initiative was supported by Ricardo Monreal, coordinator of the Morena bench, who considered that it is a priority to legislate the violent content that is disseminated on social networks, digital platforms and video games.
AMLO warns about the risks of exposing minors to violent games
According to the Mexican authorities, video games cause great problems in the minds of young people. That is why it is important to have a regulation.
On October 20, the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned mothers and fathers about the risks of exposing children and adolescents to video games on the Internet with content that incites violence.
However, AMLO stressed that it is not about banning because people are free to make their own decisions.
