[kictanet] To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger
Mwendwa Kivuva
Kivuva at transworldafrica.com
Tue Mar 15 19:25:46 EAT 2016
Barack, from your analogy, are you calling for prosecution of those
who don't follow the alleged CS directive?
Back to the CS, We may need to get a clarification from him. He may
actually have been misquoted. Remember this case where Google was
enjoined in a case to provide the identity of a blogger? From the
proceedings, Google adamantly refused to do so.
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Waiguru-sues-Google--Kenyan-website-for-defamation-/-/539546/2847522/-/cgpe57z/-/index.html
Anne Waiguru v Google Inc & 2 others [2014] eKLR:
http://kenyalaw.org/caselaw/cases/view/104246/
Regards
On 15/03/2016, Barrack Otieno via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Hehe Wangari,
>
> I apologize for using complicated terms (POTUS effect) , indeed as you
> say, the Internet is a jungle. The best way to regulate a jungle is
> through policy and technology as seen in modern day conservancies.
>
> I will attempt to use animal farm analogy ;-)
>
> The other way is to have a fence around the jungle (use of
> technology). You can electrify it to make trespassers feel good when
> they touch it, that way they pay attention to the fence. Normally when
> an elephant touches electric fence it is possible to pinpoint where
> that happened, hence technology becomes both a detterent based on the
> feeling the animal gets when it touches the fence and a guide on the
> bounderies of the jungle as well as a source of information to the
> wardens on possible scenes of crime.
>
> I hope this makes sense
>
> On 3/15/16, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
>> Greetings Barrack,
>>
>> Can the internet justify its being "driven by trust"?
>>
>> Let us take banking which in the last week has tried to convince Kenyans
>> not
>> to run react, that all banks are not falling in Kenya or pulling out of
>> Kenya through the Kenya Bankers Association adverts.
>> This is a coordinated effort by the players to have a system that builds
>> relative trust (note the word relative). Secondly banks operate in a
>> similar
>> way - central clearing house which gives the government a point to
>> reference
>> with on that is happening in the industry even if there may still be slip
>> ups and covert activities such as money laundering
>>
>> The internet appears to the rule of the jungle. Even more the Government
>> itself seems to have no point to have "real" control or coordination.The
>> creators seem to have this control.
>> Perhaps this should've been done when the internet was invented.
>>
>> Again this also takes us to the question, who owns the internet? Because
>> they would have all the answers - from control, access, coordination
>> which
>> is a role that Governments play in most if not all sectors.Or is the
>> Government to redefine its role where the internet is concerned?
>>
>> PS: Na Barrack ukitumia majina makubwa makubwa like Social Engineering -
>> you
>> explain.
>>
>> Blessed day.
>>
>> Regards/Wangari
>>
>> ---
>> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored
>> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on
>> Earth".
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Tue, 15/3/16, Barrack Otieno 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: "Barrack Otieno" <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>, "Nanjira Sambuli"
>> <nanjira at ihub.co.ke>
>> Date: Tuesday, 15 March, 2016, 13:49
>>
>> 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-
>> > [image1.PNG]
>> >
>> > Ebele Okobi | Head of
>> Public Policy, Africa
>> > m. +44 (0) 771
>> 156 1315<tel:+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315>
>> > 10 Brock Street |
>> London<x-apple-data-detectors://0/1> | NW1 3FG
>> > ebeleokobi at fb.com<mailto:ebeleokobi at fb.com>
>> >
>> >
>> [6F376569-CC77-422B-BAD3-794055B1E02B]
>> >
>> > 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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