[kictanet] Cyber Cop

Tue Mar 19 16:23:23 EAT 2013

Just for thought Egypt shut down internet during the Arab uprising in 2011. 

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 5:21 AM PDT Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) wrote:

>Brian,
>I agree with you that the insanity on social media has gone beyond
>mere expression or opinion. The gloves are so off. There are too many
>instances where people are commenting without regard for the rights
>and reputations of others. It is as if the various camps have brought
>out their best propaganda machinery...and it keeps getting nastier as
>the election/ petition proceeds. And the intolerance! Why on earth do
>we have to abuse someone for their opinion? Didn't our foreparents
>fight so hard for plurality?
>
>On agenda four, maybe we missed the bus at the truth and
>reconciliation stop. But all is not lost and it is just wrong for
>people to keep stirring ethnic/sectarian emotions in the name of
>communal anger. Haven't we always been angry? Why is the anger more
>urgent now?
>
>Action should be taken towards those inciting others. I agree with
>Macharia Gaitho, someone needs to stop this social media violence!
>
>
>
>
>2013/3/19 Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>:
>> Emmanuel,
>>
>> Thanks for setting me straight, this is clear evidence of the ignorance I
>> alluded to as I began my previous post :)
>>
>> On a more serious note and once again, thank you so much for bringing this
>> out, Agenda Four is a very critical part of our Nationhood. As you have
>> pointed out, the media might seem to have lost focus, forgotten or ignored
>> it's importance.
>>
>> But on issues of such grave importance as the Agenda Four - couldn't it also
>> be argued that all stakeholders have failed in their roles?
>>
>> The two principals
>> International Civil Society
>> Local Civil Society
>> Various relevant organs of Government
>> Legal Fraternity
>> Media Houses
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Emmanuel Khisa <oloo.khisa at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> I did not refer to blackout on politicians.
>>
>> The media has been failing in their role as interrogators of the deeper
>> issues of Agenda four...Please note the following as regards the national
>> accord:
>>
>> The National Accord
>>
>> The two parties agreed to tackle four main agenda items to end the
>> political crisis and address its underlying causes.
>>
>> Agenda Item 1: Immediate Action to Stop Violence and Restore Fundamental
>> Rights.
>> Agenda Item 2: Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis, and Promoting Healing
>> and Reconciliation.
>> Agenda Item 3: How to Overcome the Political Crisis (power sharing).
>> Agenda Item 4: Tackling Long-term Issues.
>>
>> Agenda four addresses the long standing issues of Land, Equity and other
>> causative factors of ethnic violence ( PEV included). This does not screem
>> any politician's name, it simply means this so called Mantra of PEACE has
>> been used to cloud our collective psychie as a country. The problem with
>> this is that today you think Kenya is peaceful just because we are able to
>> drive around Nairobi and go for our nyama choma sessions in Naivasha or
>> Kajiado...what we forget is that so far we have no report on the Tana River
>> Violence, Baragoi Massacre, Garrisa and NE province violence, simmering
>> conflicts in Kwale and the entire coast...We are all glued to our TVs very
>> ready to embrace "PEACE" while conviniently avoiding the topics listed as
>> grievances...
>>
>> So Mr. Munyao, it is very critical that we begin to not use the
>> responsibility of Cyber use as a pannacea for all the ills facing the
>> country for ventilating we must late people ventilate..and the institutions
>> charged with these responsibilities must use the tones and trends of
>> discussion online to map out issues that need addressing...and The MEDIA
>> must be key here....The Agenda Four items will not address themselve and yet
>> it is these issues..longstanding that will slow down the currently raging
>> tribal sentiments on the internet.
>>
>> My thoughts,
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Please excuse my ignorance but in responding to Emmanuel's input I don't
>>> see the relationship between media's black out on politicians and the
>>> insanity on social media.
>>>
>>> Let's put this in context - the media blackout affects a select few - the
>>> political elite who are looking for a platform to push their own personal
>>> and political agendas. The blackout has to a certain extent protected
>>> Kenyans from their inflammatory statements.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, the social media activity involves hundreds, if not
>>> thousands of individuals who are expressing their personal opinions (as
>>> negative and unsavoury as those might be). I place emphasis here on
>>> *expressing their opinion*. The fact that they are using social media as one
>>> of the channels where their opinion gets aired is simply that, a matter of
>>> fact. I am sure that they express the same opinion in their homes, over
>>> their phones, in their hair salons, bars, classrooms, gyms etc...This is
>>> because the opinion belongs to them.
>>>
>>> Let us not be naive and try to separate the opinion from the individual
>>> behind it. That to me, is the more important issue. A tribal tirade on
>>> social media is indicative of a tribal opinion held by an individual with
>>> tribal beliefs. Solve the basic problem of promoting Kenyanness, unity and a
>>> non-tribal outlook and I believe that strides begin to be made towards
>>> solving the problem.
>>>
>>> My two cents,
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> John F. Kennedy - “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will
>>> make violent revolution inevitable”
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Emmanuel Khisa [mailto:oloo.khisa at googlemail.com]
>>> Sent: March 19, 2013 9:50 AM
>>> To: Edith Adera
>>> Cc: oloo.khisa at gmail.com; KICTAnet - Media Editors Forum; KICTAnet ICT
>>> Policy Discussions
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Cyber Cop
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> +1,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Indeed cyber responsiblilty is not a standalone initiative...cyber
>>> exists as a channel for expressing the societal views and does not therefore
>>> exist on its on...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The day we realise that gagging the traditional media does not work in
>>> the 21st century internet age we will start making steps to tackle the
>>> difficult issues the SOUL of the country is struggling with.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We can make noise about responsible internet use but for as long as the
>>> media blacks out channels of communications, blogsphere will remain the only
>>> media of expression for the populace...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO we are a country that is quick to bury its head in the sand and now
>>> we are left with a simmering problem on Agenda 4 which remain unattended to
>>> and which is awaiting an opportune time to explode..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regard
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Bwana Ndemo,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As I reflected on your unenviable job as a “cyber cop” (watching you on
>>> The Trend last Friday) and stumbled on this article by Gaitho entitled “The
>>> demented postings on social media must stop before blood flows”
>>> http://www.nation.co.ke/blogs/-/446672/1723754/-/ee6vonz/-/index.html  it
>>> occurred to me that we probably need something deeper, while we must address
>>> the madness online.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You’re on record here advocating for policy/decision-making based on
>>> empirical/research evidence. I recall your spirited campaign about the
>>> Cancer Bill that MPs excitedly passed without the benefit of scientific
>>> evidence as to “the actual cause of cancers in Kenya”. You argued that you
>>> wished they did not get excited about addressing the symptoms of the
>>> problem, but the root cause.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As you crack down on cyber haters (to address the symptoms of the
>>> problem), could we also ask ourselves a couple of questions (listers, feel
>>> free to add more questions) to get to the ROOT CAUSE of this ANGER:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *why are people so angry?
>>>
>>> *is this anger only in cyberspace?
>>>
>>> *If not, to what extent is it a reflection of simmering (unexpressed)
>>> anger on the ground?
>>>
>>> *what are the implications of unexpressed anger?
>>>
>>> *why are people comfortable to express such deep anger online and not
>>> offline? What are they afraid of?
>>>
>>> *How can long-lasting co-existence be achieved, once and for all?
>>>
>>> * etc etc etc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Someone has work to do as we try to address the short-term symptoms – is
>>> it the academic community? or pollsters can have a post-election job to do?
>>> I don’t know, but the RROT CAUSE, we must find including the solutions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Reflective Edith
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> "Service to Mankind is the greatest form of service"...
>>
>>
>>
>> Oloo Khisa
>> P.O. Box 24324-00100
>> Nairobi
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>> http://ke.linkedin.com/in/olookhisa
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>>
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>Kenya
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