Provisions from both the criminal and civil codes continue to be used to intimidate ordinary users and journalists, including those who publish online. For example, Article 277 of the state penal code in San Luis Potosí criminalizes those who insult authority with one-to-three-year prison sentences.1 Additionally, although defamation was decriminalized at the federal level in 2007, state-level criminal defamation statutes persist.2
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