Current Mexican laws favor ISPs not users. Apps, websites, and services can pay Mexican ISPs to increase their connection speeds and reduce speeds for everyone else. Internet providers are also given the power to block, monitor, or restrict traffic under a broad-reaching ’Traffic Management ‘policy.
In recent years the Mexican government even considered dissolving the Federal Institute of Telecom (IFT), a body that helps enforce and define online regulations. For now, the IFT remains in place. Still, Civil Society members fear the dissolution of the body would give ISPs the power to control the Internet by increasing surveillance and network restrictions thereby violating user rights to privacy and information.
The current digital privacy climate in Mexico makes using a VPN the best way to stop ISPs from throttling and tracking users. Connecting to a VPN gives users a new IP address and strong traffic encryption to protect their online data.