[kictanet] To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger

[Barrack Otieno]

Many thanks Ebele,

I agree with Nanjira's postulation. Whereas Cabinet Secretary
Mucheru's view point may be justified to a certain extent, it wouldn't
be prudent since it will curtail the growth and developement of the
Internet which has partly been driven by trust. My humble opinion is
that if we take care of the Infrastructure issues such as natting, we
don't need to worry about Pseudonym's. One way would be to encourage
adoption of IP V 6 which avails an Internet Protocol address for every
device which would in turn make it easy to trace sources of
information. The government could also adopt an approach of educate
users through Social Engineering. This is my opinion but i stand to be
corrected.

Best Regards

On 3/15/16, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Just a clarification-
> Facebook absolutely agrees that there should be spaces on the Internet where
> people can share anonymously, including some of our own properties, like
> Instagram. That said, Facebook itself is a space where community and trust
> depend upon people being able to connect with people they know, so Facebook
> community standards require people to use names they are known to use in
> "real" life.
>
> We do not proactively moderate for this, but fake accounts are definitely
> taken down if and when they are reported to us, and we include mechanisms
> for reporting fake names or accounts directly in the platform so that anyone
> on Facebook, whether or not the reporting person has an account, can
> report.
>
> Screen shot of report flow pasted below-
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>
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> On Mar 15, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
> wrote:
>
> To me, such a move would be in direct contravention of article 31 (d) of the
> Constitution.
>
> Given that blogging in Kenya is taken to mean anyone with a social media
> account expressing their opinions, I think it's a slippery slope. Facebook
> tried to enforce a real name policy, I believe so did Google, and that
> didn't bode well.
>
> While I see why the government would want to take that approach (and could
> be argued with s 33(2)..), it is worrisome. And "clamping down" is a
> militant choice of words...
>
>
> Regards,
> Nanjira.
>
> Sent from my iPhone.
>
> On 15 Mar 2016, at 02:33,
> kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
>
> To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger
>
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