[kictanet] Google bows to Film Board order, flags gay video

[Ali Hussein]

Listers

Behind this 'racy' story is a lesson we must all learn. And that lesson is this:-

Regulators must start embracing the very tools that make activists effective. Instead of indiscriminate arrests and intimidation use the same tools to engage wth your audiences, the citizens.  

For this Mr. Mutua gets an A for effort.

Ali Hussein
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> On 5 May 2016, at 8:10 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> At first I was appalled...then was relieved when I read that: "This story was amended reflect the fact that Google has only issued a viewer discretion notice on the video based on community flagging indicating that it could be potentially racy, but does not intend to ever delete it from YouTube."
> 
> Yay Google!
> 
> Mildred Achoch.
> 
>> On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> American technology giant Google’s associate company YouTube has initiated the process of pulling down a Kenyan gay music video that was flagged as being inappropriate by the Kenya Film and Classification Board (KFCB).
>> 
>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Google-bows-to-Film-Board-order/-/539550/3189280/-/vwytlj/-/index.html
> 
> 
> -- 
> Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! 
> http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com
> 
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