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

[Barrack Otieno]

Fake news is big business as demonstrated by the studies around it :-)

Regards
On Jul 19, 2017 11:23 AM, "Liz Orembo via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

>
> 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-m
>> onths-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.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ----------------------
>>>
>>> *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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