Online Child Sexual Abuse and Mental Health Issues Dominate Social Media CEOs Grilling by US Senate
What particularly stood out in this article is the US Senate's initiative to introduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), aimed at safeguarding children from the adverse impacts of social media. Read more here: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/4-takeaways-parents-senate-grilling-social... -- Best Regards, Kelvin Kariuki Assistant Lecturer Multimedia University of Kenya Faculty of Computing and Information Technology Twitter Handle: @teacherkaris Alt email: kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke Mobile: +2547 29 385 557 The Lord is my Shepherd
As I watched. I asked myself. Why don't we do the same for Africa. Are we waiting for KOSA to pass to safeguard our children. We need Africa sensitive legal regulations of social media. Jennifer On Thu, Feb 1, 2024, 12:21 Kelvin Kariuki via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
What particularly stood out in this article is the US Senate's initiative to introduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), aimed at safeguarding children from the adverse impacts of social media.
Read more here:
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/4-takeaways-parents-senate-grilling-social... -- Best Regards,
Kelvin Kariuki Assistant Lecturer Multimedia University of Kenya Faculty of Computing and Information Technology Twitter Handle: @teacherkaris Alt email: kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke Mobile: +2547 29 385 557
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I agree. Regulation of social media should be Africa-sensitive. A closely related issue is: Is social media Africa-sensitive in the first place? Yesterday, during the Cipesa virtual event, it was mentioned that process is important and Africa needs to be involved right at the start of these major decisions that will affect the future of the Internet. Regards, Mildred Achoch. On Thursday, February 1, 2024, Jennifer Kaberi via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
As I watched. I asked myself. Why don't we do the same for Africa. Are we waiting for KOSA to pass to safeguard our children.
We need Africa sensitive legal regulations of social media.
Jennifer
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024, 12:21 Kelvin Kariuki via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
What particularly stood out in this article is the US Senate's initiative to introduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), aimed at safeguarding children from the adverse impacts of social media.
Read more here: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/4-takeaways-parents- senate-grilling-social-media-ceos/story?id=106774122 -- Best Regards,
Kelvin Kariuki Assistant Lecturer Multimedia University of Kenya Faculty of Computing and Information Technology Twitter Handle: @teacherkaris Alt email: kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke Mobile: +2547 29 385 557
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Good point. The damage in Africa may be worse than people think; in some cases, kids are more tech-savvy than their parents; in many cases, parents may not even be aware that their kids are roaming the internet untethered and interacting with all kinds of characters, content, etc. I am also wondering whether anyone has done a formal study of how much time kids spend online, what they watch, with whom, etc. …and the impact this has on them: socially, mentally and otherwise. A few years ago, I helped a church minister do a book titled ‘Where Are True Parents’ that spoke, in part, to technology and how it has impacted parenting. https://nuriakenya.com/product/where-are-true-parents/ From: Mildred Achoch via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: February 1, 2024 2:20 PM To: mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com Cc: Jennifer Kaberi <jennifer@mtotonews.com>; Mildred Achoch <mildandred@gmail.com> Subject: [kictanet] Re: Online Child Sexual Abuse and Mental Health Issues Dominate Social Media CEOs Grilling by US Senate I agree. Regulation of social media should be Africa-sensitive. A closely related issue is: Is social media Africa-sensitive in the first place? Yesterday, during the Cipesa virtual event, it was mentioned that process is important and Africa needs to be involved right at the start of these major decisions that will affect the future of the Internet. Regards, Mildred Achoch. On Thursday, February 1, 2024, Jennifer Kaberi via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: As I watched. I asked myself. Why don't we do the same for Africa. Are we waiting for KOSA to pass to safeguard our children. We need Africa sensitive legal regulations of social media. Jennifer On Thu, Feb 1, 2024, 12:21 Kelvin Kariuki via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: What particularly stood out in this article is the US Senate's initiative to introduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), aimed at safeguarding children from the adverse impacts of social media. Read more here: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/4-takeaways-parents-senate-grilling-social... -- Best Regards, Kelvin Kariuki Assistant Lecturer Multimedia University of Kenya Faculty of Computing and Information Technology Twitter Handle: @teacherkaris Alt email: kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke <mailto:kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke> Mobile: +2547 29 385 557 The Lord is my Shepherd _______________________________________________ KICTANet mailing list -- kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> To unsubscribe send an email to kictanet-leave@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet-leave@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Unsubscribe or change your options at: https://mm3-lists.kictanet.or.ke/mm/lists/kictanet.lists.kictanet.or.ke/ Mailing List Posts Online: https://posts.kictanet.or.ke/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KICTANet/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/KICTANet/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kictanet/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbcLVjnPtTGBEeYLGUb2Yow/ KICTANet is a multi-stakeholder Think Tank for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. KICTANet is a catalyst for reform in the Information and Communication Technology sector. Its work is guided by four pillars of Policy Advocacy, Capacity Building, Research, and Stakeholder Engagement. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. PRIVACY POLICY: See https://mm3-lists.kictanet.or.ke/mm/lists/kictanet.lists.kictanet.or.ke/ KICTANet - The Power of Communities, is Kenya's premier ICT policy engagement platform. http://www.mtotonews.com We are an integrated information and media company that is leveraging on technology to improve the lives of children by making them visible. The core of our business is an approach that puts the best interests of the child first, while our DNA is child participation. DISCLAIMER: This message (and any files attached) contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual(s) named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete it from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors, omissions, or damage caused by virus, in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com
Next week during safer internet day. I will speaking on digital harm at the USAID Digital harm PCYDH symposium, comparing stats from Africa to the rest of the world. African numbers are not looking good. The problem is we are using western interventions to online safety, copy and paste without contextualizing. Also we need to evaluate the role of big tech in shaping of what is digital harm in Africa, let's look beyond OCSEA. Register for the event using the link below https://pcydh.conference.tc/t/pcydh-2024/events/africa-and-europe-opening-st... Blessings Jennifer On Thu, Feb 1, 2024, 18:09 mnyanchama--- via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Good point.
The damage in Africa may be worse than people think; in some cases, kids are more tech-savvy than their parents; in many cases, parents may not even be aware that their kids are roaming the internet untethered and interacting with all kinds of characters, content, etc.
I am also wondering whether anyone has done a formal study of how much time kids spend online, what they watch, with whom, etc. …and the impact this has on them: socially, mentally and otherwise.
A few years ago, I helped a church minister do a book titled ‘Where Are True Parents’ that spoke, in part, to technology and how it has impacted parenting.
https://nuriakenya.com/product/where-are-true-parents/
*From:* Mildred Achoch via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* February 1, 2024 2:20 PM *To:* mnyanchama@aganoconsulting.com *Cc:* Jennifer Kaberi <jennifer@mtotonews.com>; Mildred Achoch < mildandred@gmail.com> *Subject:* [kictanet] Re: Online Child Sexual Abuse and Mental Health Issues Dominate Social Media CEOs Grilling by US Senate
I agree. Regulation of social media should be Africa-sensitive. A closely related issue is: Is social media Africa-sensitive in the first place? Yesterday, during the Cipesa virtual event, it was mentioned that process is important and Africa needs to be involved right at the start of these major decisions that will affect the future of the Internet.
Regards,
Mildred Achoch.
On Thursday, February 1, 2024, Jennifer Kaberi via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
As I watched. I asked myself. Why don't we do the same for Africa. Are we waiting for KOSA to pass to safeguard our children.
We need Africa sensitive legal regulations of social media.
Jennifer
On Thu, Feb 1, 2024, 12:21 Kelvin Kariuki via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
What particularly stood out in this article is the US Senate's initiative to introduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), aimed at safeguarding children from the adverse impacts of social media.
Read more here:
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/4-takeaways-parents-senate-grilling-social...
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