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

Tue Mar 15 15:20:48 EAT 2016

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Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 12:08 PM
To: Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi at fb.com<mailto:ebeleokobi at fb.com>>
Cc: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke<mailto:ali at hussein.me.ke>>, Nanjira Sambuli <nanjira at ihub.co.ke<mailto:nanjira at ihub.co.ke>>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger

This is an interesting subject. I'm inclined to believe that the Good CS' comments may have been taken out of context.

Ebele, thank you for your robust contributions to this forum. It certainly allows for most of us to engage with Facebook at a level unprecedented before. Truly appreciated.

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On 15 Mar 2016, at 1:49 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:

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<mailto: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.

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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><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,
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To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger

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