Ojino
I think in the open issues to be addressed, we should also consider the question of when does cyber bullying move dangerously from abuse to hate and incitement? This is in light of Internet trawlers who personalize and polarize any and every discussion or news item.

Best regards


Githaiga, Grace



On Thursday, 29-06-2017 at 23:41 Ronald Ojino via kictanet wrote:

Dear all,

Thanks for the very enlightening discussion on cyber bullying. The key take-aways of the 

discussion are as follows:

1) What are the trends?   

         - There have been deaths attributed to cyber bullying?

         - Adults are victims of revenge pornography

         - Cyber bullying is rampant on a range of platforms

         - Mob mentality is playing out online

2) Do we have capacity to adequately respond to cyber crime incidences?

 - Need to invest heavily in cyber-crime units in the police force and have them digitized.

 - Other social channels that can be used to address this issue are not addressing it.

3) What are the challenges in tackling the offence?

  - Finding the perpetrators is hard especially in mass bullying.

4) What should be done to address this offence?

 - Parents should be made aware of protection mechanisms especially for children.

 - Bullying victims and perpetrators need counseling.

 - Family situation needs to be addressed.

 - Interrelated issues need to be addressed as bullying cannot be handled in isolation.

 - Law enforcement officers should be kept updated on the evolving state of online behavior

 - Parents and teachers should have access to tools that can be used to monitor their children’s online activities

 - Provision of cyber-crime unit emergency numbers to online users.

 Open issues to be addressed.

        -  Is bullying gloried in Kenyan TV shows and songs?

        - Should criminal law be used to curb cyber bullying?

Tomorrow we shall be having an interesting discussion on the Fintech ecosystem moderated by Rosemary. 

Looking forward to it =)

Do have a blessed evening.

Regards,

Ronald Ojino

On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:02 AM, Ronald Ojino <ronojinx@gmail.com> wrote:

Parents and teachers should have access to tools that can be used to monitor their children’s online activities

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