[kictanet] Regulating the internet giants- The world’s most valuable resource is data.

Sun May 7 07:28:39 EAT 2017

Very insightful article. On data being more valuable than oil. The data
economy is here.

On Sat, 6 May 2017 at 05:24 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Rosemary
>
> Thanks for sharing.
>
> One paragraph stands out:-
>
> *The nature of data makes the antitrust remedies of the past less useful.
> Breaking up a firm like Google into five Googlets would not stop network
> effects from reasserting themselves: in time, one of them would become
> dominant again. A radical rethink is required—and as the outlines of a new
> approach start to become apparent, two ideas stand out.*
>
> This guy stole my lines!! :-)
>
> Read my blog of August 13, 2015 on the Telco Wars in Kenya.
>
>
> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kenya-telco-wars-proxy-fight-opportunity-shape-global-kassim?published=t
>
> This article is very important and pertinent to our current pet subjects
> of Dominance, breaking up companies etc. the old metrics simply don't cut
> it anymore. The art life goes on to say:-
>
> *Trustbusters must also become more data-savvy in their analysis of market
> dynamics, for example by using simulations to hunt for algorithms colluding
> over prices or to determine how best to promote competition (see Free
> exchange
> <http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21721648-trustbusters-might-have-fight-algorithms-algorithms-price-bots-can-collude>).*
>
> Who can argue with that?
>
> @Walu, @Ngige I recommend you guys read this economist article. And reread
> my blog above again. :-)
>
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> habit."  ~ Aristotle
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>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 5 May 2017, at 9:49 PM, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Hello listers,
>
> The article below features an emerging school of thought in regards to
> regulating tech giants, previously viewed as 'untouchables', from an
> anti-trust point of view.
>
>
> http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21721656-data-economy-demands-new-approach-antitrust-rules-worlds-most-valuable-resource?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/2017054n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/n/28180/n
>
> Kind regards
>
> Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu
> Lawyer -FinTech and ICT Policy
> On May 3, 2017 9:36 PM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Wangari,
>>
>> But you and I both know that the New York times can not one day wake up
>> and decide to become a social network. We need to respect businesses for
>> what they want to become not what they are meant to become.
>>
>> Ahmed
>>
>> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:15 PM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Blessed Wednesday!
>>>
>>> I am compelled to imagine my village chief running after every mad man ,
>>> or  sending troops after each of us presumably relatively sane ones as we
>>> have our private gatherings and share our opinions with family and friends.
>>>
>>> However, where the line is drawn in the instance of the Facebooks and
>>> other media touted as "social" and "not editorial news media" is when it
>>> appears (real or imagined) that they propagate certain kind of views to go
>>> viral. This was the wholabaloo and yes for the Kenyan elections(or
>>> anywhere) it should be cause for concern.
>>>
>>> Do the Facebooks have the ability and capacity to do this? I suspect we
>>> may perhaps need to ask the algorithms used.
>>>
>>> There is no bargaining, digital consumer education is a must must to be
>>> enhanced and it is not to be left just to the private sector who creates
>>> the solutions.
>>>
>>> Secondly, with the digital developments, in the real police, there must
>>> be a new kind of "digital police service", which perhaps should be an
>>> algorithm.
>>>
>>>
>>> Have a 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 Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 11:24, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The buck here does not only end with Facebook.
>>>
>>> This discussion is very similar to the Privacy Policy discussion. For
>>> instance, we can enact Privacy Policy on Software and Services but does it
>>> help that much if the consumer is not aware what a Privacy Policy is and
>>> what its meant to be all about?
>>>
>>> Facebook can add to the situation by making it easier to spot fake news.
>>> But then, we will argue that:
>>>
>>>    1. This will suppress freedom of expression.
>>>    2. Will beat the purpose or need to have Facebook become a "social
>>>    platform" instead of a "news platform".
>>>
>>> This is why you can report a post as well as have facebook flag a news
>>> item, but Facebook is not in a position to block it, unless there is
>>> significant action on the side of the consumer for it to be done so. To
>>> block it from the source is equal to *censorship*.
>>>
>>> There should be more of a drive to have consumers aware of what fake
>>> news is, how to spot it, and how to report it, and how to get awareness out
>>> there on what the truth is.
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> Listers
>>>
>>> There's no doubt that Facebook has become THE News Platform that
>>> humanity relies on. The numbers are staggering. Nearly 2 billion people use
>>> Facebook every month and 1.2 billion daily. It has become a mirror of our
>>> lives. In more ways than we can imagine.
>>>
>>> In 2016 however, Facebook's huge influence in our lives became its
>>> biggest liability - During the U.S. election, propagandists — some
>>> working for money, others for potentially state-sponsored lulz — used the
>>> service to turn fake stories into viral sensations, like the one about Pope
>>> Francis’ endorsing Trump (he hadn’t
>>> <http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/did-the-pope-endorse-trump/>). And
>>> fake news was only part of a larger conundrum. With its huge reach,
>>> Facebook has begun to act as the great disseminator of the larger cloud of
>>> misinformation and half-truths swirling about the rest of media. It sucks
>>> up lies from cable news and Twitter, *then precisely targets each lie
>>> to the partisan bubble most receptive to it.*
>>>
>>> Locally we are seeing similar versions of the problems of the US
>>> Election being enacted. The most visible one was during the months long
>>> doctors' strike where pro and against teams were using not only Facebook
>>> but twitter and Whatsapp to spread truths, half-truths and outright lies.
>>>
>>> Should Facebook be held responsible for 'fact-checking' (which by the
>>> way they have already instituted certain measures to do this) and hire
>>> editors to 'police' what people post? Or is this a reflection of how
>>> society is and has nothing to do with Facebook or Social Media at large.
>>> The only problem with this is that Pre-Social Media lies and fake news
>>> usually were confined to certain social groups, parties, families etc.
>>> Today, you can be an instant famous or infamous person by a click of the
>>> button.
>>>
>>> What can we do in Kenya and Africa in general to ensure this doesn't
>>> adversely affect our socio and cultural foundations?
>>>
>>> Read on:-
>>>
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/ 04/25/magazine/can-facebook-
>>> fix-its-own-worst-bug.html?_r= 0
>>> <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/magazine/can-facebook-fix-its-own-worst-bug.html?_r=0>
>>>
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