[kictanet] PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 2- FAKE NEWS DURING ELECTIONEERING

[Liz Orembo]

Geo poll has also launched another report on fake news here:
https://t.co/NNMTeWn5uJ

They found that the death resulting from Blue Whale game in Kenya was a
fake story picked up by media houses.

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:24 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Someone has done a study on Fake News in Kenya during this electioneering
> period. I think this is a more realistic representation of Fake News
> consumption in Kenya. Would like to see if the trend holds until next
> month.
>
> https://medium.com/@OdipoDev/3-things-we-discovered-from-3-
> months-of-investigating-fake-news-in-kenya-dfaa6f4e1857
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 4:09 PM, wachiranancy91 <wachiranancy91 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> @ kanini, he could be charged on ' false content '
>> On Jul 13, 2017 15:12, kanini mutemi via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> @Mutindi,
>>
>> What offence would they be prosecuted for?
>>
>> @Erick,
>>
>> We are notoriuosly known for being reactionary rather than pro-active. At
>> the same time, as fashions go, the FAKE news conundrum will catch up with
>> us (if it hasn't already). I wonder whether we are not missing out on an
>> opportunity to step in front of a problem. See EU's approach to Fake News
>> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/2
>> 0170331STO69330/fake-news-how-to-counter-misinformation
>>
>> Thank you all for contributing and apologies for reviving an old
>> conversation.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Mutindi Muema via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> @Emmanuel Chebukati
>>
>> If you would want the originators and/or distributors of the fake news on
>> facebook prosecuted,  you may want to report the same and have the police
>> gather the necessary evidence before reporting the post to facebook for
>> pull down.
>>
>> Once the post is pulled down,  collecting evidence becomes a long and
>> tedious process under the Mutual Legal Assistance mechanisms between States
>> and without evidence there can be no prosecution.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Mutindi Muema,
>> Advocate.
>>
>>
>> On 12 Jul 2017 11:34 p.m., "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> @Emmanuel Chebukati <echebukati at gmail.com>, we had a community
>> engagement with Facebook yesterday where concerns such as yours were
>> raised.  FB shared their reporting mechanisms where you can send such posts
>> and request for their bringing down.  You must however provide a reason
>> which may sometimes not be be provided for by fb as was expressed
>> yesterday.
>>
>>
>> The two links you have shared  are definitely disturbing and you may want
>> to raise this with Ebele or Fadzai.
>>
>>
>> We are now in a fake news season and so are some fb accounts.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
>> *Grace Githaiga*
>>
>> Twitter: @ggithaiga
>>
>> Skype: gracegithaiga
>>
>> Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga
>>
>>
>> .*.*
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> *Mercy Mutemi, Advocate*.
>
>
>
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Best regards.
Liz.

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