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

Tue Mar 15 14:55:29 EAT 2016

Ebele,

A very tall order when the system relies on trust.

Unless the internet sign ups was at a Government Registry with your birth certificate et al, we shall keep having many Queen Elizabeths online.

On a part the online space actually seems to be the make believe world for many users.

Have a blessed day.

Regards/Wangari

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On Tue, 15/3/16, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [kictanet] To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger
 To: wangarikabiru at yahoo.co.uk
 Cc: "Ebele Okobi" <ebeleokobi at fb.com>, "Nanjira Sambuli" <nanjira at ihub.co.ke>
 Date: Tuesday, 15 March, 2016, 12:42

 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-

 Ebele Okobi | Head of Public Policy,
 Africa

 m. +44
  (0) 771 156 1315

 10
  Brock Street | London | NW1 3FG 
 ebeleokobi at fb.com

 On Mar 15, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet
 <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 wrote:

 To be or not to be a
 pseudonymous blogger

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