And a follow up question to that question: can online insults  be considered online bullying?<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Mildred.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>On Saturday, September 24, 2016, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet &lt;<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Question: Is insulting a <b>cybercrime</b> per se?<br></div><div><br></div><div>As a mwanainchi why cant I arrest a person for insulting me on WhatsApp? (Let along Facebook or Twitter) ??<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It shouldn&#39;t matter if he insulted or criticised. It&#39;s laws like this that are used to shut down legitimate criticism. Studies have shown just the threat of censure/arrest has wide effects outside the person being censured/arrested.<div><br></div><div>Bringing this back to a local context, isn&#39;t the law that got Wadi arrested still on the books?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On 23 September 2016 at 17:16, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>The nature of the insult was not indicated in the article. I&#39;m just wondering whether the lecturer insulted or criticized. There is a difference between the two...or is there?<br><br></div>Regards,<br></div>Mildred Achoch.<br><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Rock &#39;n&#39; roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! <br><a href="http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljo<wbr>urnal.blogspot.com</a><br><br><img><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke&#39;);" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>




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