[kictanet] Could fake news have saved Kenya from an Internet shutdown?

[kanini mutemi]

Grace,

Interesting angle. Why shut down the internet when you can use it to your
own advantage?

On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 at 06:32 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> Interesting read.
>
> *The Kenya General Elections on 8 August 2017 were not without surprises.
> In a historic determination, the Supreme Court invalidated the presidential
> election and ordered a repeat. Unlike many African countries that held
> elections in the recent past, Kenya did not shut down the Internet during
> the period. That the Internet remained open may be attributed to many
> factors. On the one hand, there was concerted advocacy by digital rights
> groups against a shutdown. On the other, there could have been disruptions
> that went unreported. But could the Internet have remained open because the
> government was also using the Internet to its own ends? Will it remain open
> during the repeat presidential election in October?*
>
> *Read on:-*
>
>
> https://medium.com/@gracelouisebomu/could-fake-news-have-saved-kenya-from-an-internet-shutdown-e9f6820f2fe6
>
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