[kictanet] PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 3 - ONLINE BULLYING: HOW SAFE IS THE SPACE?

[Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu]

Hi Francis,

In regards to online bullying neither us nor our children are safe. There
have recently been deaths directly attributable to cyber bullying where a
lady committed suicide and online crime waves like the blue whale challenge.

In regards to capacity there is need to incvest heavily in cyber crime
units in the police force and generally have operations digitised so that
our forces are equiped to deal with the new frontier for crime.

One of the main challenges in tackling the offense are finding the main
perpetrators, like in instances of mass cyber bullying where stories go
viral in various channels, it may be impossible to even know the person who
originally posted.

We as a nation are generally ill prepared.  Parents must be made aware of
protection mechanisms especially for children.

Kind regards,

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu.
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