El Salvador

Katarina Hall | 12.16.2024 1:10 PM

El Salvador has passed sweeping cybersecurity and "data protection" laws that human rights advocates warn could undermine media freedom and privacy rights.  

"These new laws could be used to delete online publications that are critical of the government under the guise of data protection," said Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at Human Rights Watch, in a press release issued last week. "This is a recipe for censorship and opacity."

Approved on November 12 by the Legislative Assembly, the new measures consist of 32 articles aimed at regulating El Salvador's data and information systems. The core change is the creation of the........

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