El Salvador: New Laws Threaten Free Expression, Privacy

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Plenary session at the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, on June 1, 2023, in San Salvador, El Salvador. ©2023 Alex Peña/Getty Images (Washington, DC) – El Salvador’s recently approved cybersecurity and data protection laws contain sweeping provisions that threaten media freedom and privacy rights, Human Rights Watch said today. El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly, dominated by President Nayib Bukele’s party, Nuevas Ideas (New Ideas), approved both laws on November 12, 2024. The cybersecurity law establishes a State Cybersecurity Agency (Agencia…

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