Dear all, The sentiments expressed above by Rosemary are very alarming. It appears that the Mob mentality which usually leads to lynching is being played out online. One of the essentials for online users, would be emergency numbers to the cyber-crime division of the CID. I totally agree with the suggestion of training people generally and mostly children. Cyber bullies should be called criminals and there should be a stigma attached to such behaviour . The problem is that our society seems to be idolising the criminals instead of the other way round. Regards. GERTRUDE MATATA CO. ADVOCATES COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS NOTARY PUBLIC HILLSIDE APARTMENTS 4TH FLOOR, Apartments 11 RAGATI ROAD,Opposite N.H.I.F NEAR CAPITOL HILL POLICE STATION P.O. Box 517-00517 Nairobi Mobile:0722-374109/0729-556523, Wireless 020-2159837 DISCLAIMER This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of GERTRUDE MATATA & CO. ADVOCATES. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. CallSend SMSCall from mobileAdd to SkypeYou'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype From: Francis Monyango via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: gertrudematata@yahoo.com Cc: Francis Monyango <monyango93@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 3 - ONLINE BULLYING: HOW SAFE IS THE SPACE? Thanks so much Rosemary and Mildred for your contribution. Kenyan adults have been victims of revenge porn. For example Kimindiri and Roshanara Ebrahim. In the case of Roshanara Ebrahim V Ashley Kenya Limited & 3 others (2016), the High Court found that her ex-boyfriend had breached her right to privacy under Article 31 (c). For the breach, the court asked him to pay Ksh. 1 million. Is this a step into the right direction? Do we need criminal law to come and curb online bullying? On 29 Jun 2017 09:37, "Mildred Achoch via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this discussion. Online bullying and its consequences are a reflection of offline realities. Both the children who are the bullies and their victims need counselling and a social support system. Maybe the issue of bullying should be introduced into the school curriculum (eg in Social Ethics) or Say-no-to-bullying clubs started. Charity begins at home...and so does bullying. I think bullies are created, not born, so the family situation also needs to be addressed. Is bullying glorified in Kenyan TV shows and songs? Food for thought. Kenya is a patriarchal society: does gender play a role in who is a bully and who is bullied? In short, this issue cannot be dealt in isolation. All the other interrelated aspects must also be addressed. Regards,Mildred Achoch. On Thursday, June 29, 2017, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Hi Francis,In regards to online bullying neither us nor our children are safe. There have recently been deaths directly attributable to cyber bullying where a lady committed suicide and online crime waves like the blue whale challenge.In regards to capacity there is need to incvest heavily in cyber crime units in the police force and generally have operations digitised so that our forces are equiped to deal with the new frontier for crime.One of the main challenges in tackling the offense are finding the main perpetrators, like in instances of mass cyber bullying where stories go viral in various channels, it may be impossible to even know the person who originally posted.We as a nation are generally ill prepared. 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