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97 SUP-RAP-268/2012 MAGISTRADO MAGISTRADO FLAVIO GALVÁN RIVERA MANUEL GONZÁLEZ OROPEZA MAGISTRADO MAGISTRADO SALVADOR OLIMPO NAVA GOMAR PEDRO ESTEBAN PENAGOS LÓPEZ SECRETARIO GENERAL DE ACUERDOS MARCO ANTONIO ZAVALA ARREDONDO VOTO RAZONADO QUE EMITE EL MAGISTRADO FLAVIO GALVÁN RIVERA, RESPECTO DE LA SENTENCIA DICTADA EN RECURSO DE APELACIÓN IDENTIFICADO CON LA CLAVE SUP-RAP-268/2012. No obstante que mi voto es a favor del resolutivo, debo expresar que no comparto la totalidad de las consideraciones que sustentan el proyecto de sentencia relativo al recurso de apelación identificado al rubro, motivo por el cual considero necesario formular este VOTO RAZONADO. Debo destacar que comparto el sentido del proyecto de sentencia presentado al Pleno de esta Sala Superior por el Magistrado José Alejandro Luna Ramos, dada la naturaleza de la red social denominada “Twitter”, la cual requiere conductas

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Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (SUP RAP 0268 2012)

Judgment

Question Presented: Whether Twitter posts and Youtube videos constitute campaign acts?

Alleged Acts: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Presidential candidate, published a tweet on his personal account with a link to a YouTube video of an interview he gave. This publication took place prior to his 2012 electoral campaign. The Institutional Revolutionary Party filed suit alleging that these tweet and interviews constituted campaign acts.

Summary: The court determined that in order to access the information, the viewer would need to explicitly seek it out. Thus, the content would only reach a limited audience because a second act must be performed — namely entering into Twitter/Youtube and individually searching for the material. In order to constitute a campaign act, therefore, the information must be distributed through mass media such as radio or television. Television and radio are notably different from the internet because on the internet a large amount of information is available to any audience at any time.

Conclusion: The High Chamber found that the tweet did not constitute a premature campaign activity because the video would only be viewed by a limited audience individually seeking it out.

Legal Issue(s)

Social Media

Region: Americas

Country: Mexico

Language of Decision

Spanish

Court: Electoral Court

Election Type: Presidential

Date of decision: May 24, 2012

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Latitude: 19.43318644

Longitude: -99.13401778

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SUP-RAP-0268-2012.pdf
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Institutional Revolutionary Party v. Andrés Manuel López Obrador (SUP RAP 0268 2012)

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