Two main issues stand out for me in regard to this. 

1. Is there a relation between attempts at banning TikTok in Kenya with similar onslaught against TikTok in the US? 

Is this an attempt by US(state and corporations) to protect its global hegemony in social media platforms dominance by exporting its mainland biases to its colonies? 

Are we seeing the same backers of anti-LGBTQ and their pretentious cover of protecting family values being applied to fight tiktok? 

2. Who ought to stand in the gap, who has the resources to resist government(in this case legislature) excesses against digital freedoms, who(presumably CSO) can represent our collective agency against this? 

If this banning attempts can be done against TikTok, what will stop an extension of the same logic to be waged against Facebook or twitter and essentially setting precedence for future attempts at internet/social media shutdowns? 

But also acknowledging the threat against FB and twitter is not the same as for tiktok because they are US corporations.   

Gibson Maina

Mathare Infotech Lab

On Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 16:39 Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Dear Listers, 

A petitioner has called on members of parliament in Kenya to ban the use of popular social media application TikTok saying it is a contributor to erosion of cultural and religious morals in the society. The Executive Officer of Bridget Connect Consultancy Bob Ndolo in a petition to the National Assembly on Tuesday, called on MPs to move with speed and ban the use of TikTok in the country as it is exposing young people to explicit sexual content.

Read more: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/petitioner-calls-on-parliament-to-ban-use-of-tiktok-in-kenya-4336498

What do you think about such calls for the regulation of social media platforms in Kenya?

Regards,

Victor Kapiyo

Partner | Lawmark Partners LLP

Nine Planet Apartments, Nairobi | Web: www.lawmark.co.ke 

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