I agree with you Francis, Recently SABC News  interviewed digital strategies from 2 political parties in Kenya to understand how they are using social media during this campaign season. The interview highlighted that Political parties consider social media is very important to win elections as it provides avenues to speak to voters directly. 

Interesting was the role associated with Video content on all platforms but also TikTok, because of how the platform is designed, you can watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIbiqyBdV4E  

My question is, what steps have platforms taken to minimize misuse of their platforms to spread misinformation, disinformation, hate speech or  Online Gender based violence related content? What more can be done to deal with this? 

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 9:11 PM Francis Monyango <monyango93@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Listers,
This is an important issue and I would like to thank you Wanjiru  for leading this discussion. A research by Mozilla Fellow Odanga Madung revealed that there is disinformation being spread on TikTok and it violates the platform’s policies. This disinformation is similar in tone and quality to the Cambridge Analytica and Harris Media content that spread on Kenyan Facebook in 2017. In 2017 we did not have Tiktok but now we can see new platforms being used by politicians to push their agenda.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/kenya-tiktok/

The campaigns are still ongoing and the social media discourse is becoming more political by the day. We can only hope for sanity, maturity and patriotism by those online.

Kind regards,

On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 06:43, wanjiru muya via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Good Morning Listers, 

Interesting conversations on governing data and protecting privacy yesterday. As mentioned earlier by the KIGF- MAG Chair, we continue the online discussions today. 

Today's topic: ICTS and the upcoming election 

To kick off these discussions, we ask; 

  1. Our elections are a few weeks to come, are we confident in the preparations by IEBC and other agencies involved in electoral management? If not, how best can these agencies be supported to prepare for the election? 

  2. What role has social media played during this election? 


We look forward to a vibrant discussion and once again do not forget to register to participate in this year's main IGF events using this
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Kind Regards, 




Goodmorning Listers,

Many thanks @Judy Okite for kickstarting the discussion. For starters i have observed that lately the number of Socially Engineered emails i am receiving is at an all time high. Spam calls also seem to be on the rise. It looks like scammers have realized that the new field of play is the Internet as such i am increasingly weary about engaging in e-commerce transactions online especially using public networks.

I would be interested in knowing the current statistics in so far as Internet related fraud is concerned and how many people have actually been charged for perpetrating such acts. Maybe the Ke-CIRT team can assist us with the statistics.

The same concern applies to the second question. Children are ever ahead of adults in discovering and using tech applications and tool. The Communications Authority has been running a Child Online Protection program for a while and i would be keen to know the current state of play in so far as data protection is concerned. @Lillian recently posted an article from Human Rights Watch on misuse of data by companies targeting children, it would be interesting to hear if any measures have been taken by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner to curb this.

Best Regards

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 5:08 AM Judy Okite via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Good Morning Listers, 


As mentioned earlier by the KIGF- MAG Chair, we begin the online discussions today. 

Topic: Governing Data and Protecting Privacy 

The Kenya Data Protection Act was gazetted in 2019 ,
 An Act of Parliament to give effect to Article 31(c) and (d) of the Constitution of Kenya , 2010 (Right to privacy); 
- To establish the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner;
- To make provision for the regulation of the processing of personal data; 
- To provide for the rights of data subjects and obligations of data controllers and processors; and for connected purposes


To kick off these discussions, we ask; 

1. As a lister how safe do you feel about the safety of your personal data online?What do you think could be done better to improve the protection of data online?
2. How safe are children and persons with disabilities on their data privacy? 

We look forward to a vibrant discussion and once again do not forget to register to participate in this year's main IGF events using this
 link:  https://bit.ly/39pXf9a .Our official hashtag is #KeIGF2022

Kind Regards, 

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 6:12 AM Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good morning Listers, 

Receive warm greetings from the Multi Advisory Group (MAG) that has been working to prepare this year's Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF).  Ahead of the KIGF week, there shall be a series of online discussions to set the pace for the discussions that shall be held during the KIGF. 

The online discussion will run from the 22nd to the 24th of June and the following are the discussion topics.

Day 1. Governing data and protecting privacy.
Day 2. ICT's and the upcoming elections.
Day 3. Connecting all people and promoting cyber hygiene and emerging issues including youth, online work, inclusion and regulation.

The discussion topics shall be posted by a moderator and we invite all of you to participate. Also do remember to register for your participation in this year's main IGF events using this link: https://bit.ly/39pXf9a .Our official hashtag is #KeIGF2022

Good day!

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu
KIGF 2022 MAG Chair 
Advocate 
Public Policy, Data Protection and Regulatory Affairs Specialist



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