(ix) Limited participation in socio-economic spheres and inequality of oopportunities: Despite
their numerical superiority, youth are the least represented in political and economic spheres
due to societal attitudes, socio-cultural and economic barriers, and lack of proper
organization, orientation and empowerment.
(x) Limited and poor housing: Many youth, especially those in the urban areas, do not have
access to decent housing in environments that favour healthy living. (If young people can't even afford decent housing, how will they afford an office?)
(xi) Emerging issues that affect the youth include limited access to information and
communication technology (ICT) which constraints youth from exploiting career, business and
education opportunities available especially in rural areas, and high ICT access costs and
negative use of ICT and social media. Other challenges include: radicalization, gambling,
cyber-crime.
Regards,
Mildred Achoch.
On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, kanini mutemi via kictanet <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Are we worried about the definition of ‘social media platform’
The amendment proposes that for a social media platform to ‘operate’ in Kenya, they must seek a license. To get the license, they will have to comply with some obligations eg having an office in Kenya.
I think posting on Twitter is covered under the term microblogging. My follow up question then is: does this include retweeting or liking someone else's tweet? If someone from another country criticizes a leader in Kenya, then I retweet this 280 character criticism, have I carried out the action of "blogging"?
Regards,
Mildred.
On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, kanini mutemi <
kaninimutemi@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for starting us off.
Would you say someone posting on Twitter (280 characters) would also fall under the broad definition of blogger? Drawing this from ‘writing on social media platforms’
Dear Listers,
First, thank you for the opportunity to discuss this. I have very many initial thoughts but let me begin with the definition of blogging. I think it is important to look at the history of blogging as this will expand the definition of the term beyond just news items. On the ground, many bloggers like myself don't even concern themselves with news. For example, I have a poetry blog that is largely inactive but is still a "LOG" of my previous creative activities.
If we are to follow the definition of blogging that is outlined in this bill, does it mean then that blogs which do not deal with news will be exempt? If a blog deals with the history of Kenya, is this still news or not? What about satire based on news items? Parody? Memes?
Regards,
Mildred Achoch.
On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, kanini mutemi via kictanet <
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers,
As GG had alerted us last week, there is a bill before the National Assembly that seeks to amend the Kenya Information and Communication Act by including a part on Regulation of Social Media.
I will lead us on a discussion on this Bill.
Between 2016 to date, we have seen many attempts to regulate social media conduct. Interestingly, one such attempt, the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, where many of its sections on regulation of social media, have been suspended is coming up for hearing today. Now we tackle yet another attempt to ‘fix’ social media.
To start with, I will post the definitions proposed in the bill of the word ‘social media platform’ and ‘blogging’:
"blogging" means collecting, writing, editing and presenting of news or news articles in social media platforms or in the internet;
"social media platforms" includes online publishing and discussion, media sharing, blogging, social networking, document and data sharing repositories, social media applications, social bookmarking and widgets;
What are your initial thoughts? What ‘problem’ is Hon. Injendi trying to fix with this bill? Who will fall under those definitions? Contributions are welcome.
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