* Listers, For those planning to attend this event, here is a draft programme. Draft Programme 11.30 am: Registration * 12.00 pm: Lunch * 12.20pm: Seat guests * 12.30 pm: Welcome and introduction -SPEAKER -KICTAnet / Facebook * 12.45 pm: Presentation by (Article 19/BAKE) (15 mins each) * 1.15pm: Speech by NCIC on their mandate and experience dealing with hate speech * 1.40pm: Moderated discussion (Q &A) about what is happening on the ground-experiences of hate speech on social media platforms -MODERATOR -KICTAnet Rep * 2.15pm:Break * 2.30pm: Facebook to present on content policy, community standards, reporting policies [SPEAKERS:Neil Potts] * 3.15pm: Peace TechLab presentation on online hate speech in East Africa (Caleb Gichuhi) * 3.30pm: Q+A -MODERATOR -Facebook rep * 4pm: Session close - Facebook / KICTAnet * 4.15pm: event close and SWAG give giveaway On Wednesday, 08-03-2017 at 18:59 Grace Githaiga wrote: Listers Facebook, in partnership with KICTAnet,would like to invite you to a conversation about hate speech and using social media to advocate for positive social change, on Thursday 16 March from 11.30am. We will host an interactive, Chatham House rules discussion about hate speech on social media platforms and using social media to advocate for positive social change. It will address platform community standards, privacy tips and reporting, as well as using social media platforms to counter hate speech. The event will take place at Dusit D2,14 Riverside Park – Riverside Woods (off Riverside Drive), Nairobi. FB will also be soliciting feedback about its platforms, and highlighting local examples of counter speech, as well as identifying possibilities for collaboration. To attend, please register here:https:// onlinespeechandsocialchangenai .splashthat.com We look forward to seeing you on the 16th March! Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga@hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama. Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga@hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.