[kictanet] Kenya IGF Online Discussions Day 1: Content Regulation on the Internet

Tue Jul 10 12:28:10 EAT 2018

@Kanini- this document might be helpful in the conversation-
https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/171219-UNSR-Consultation-on-Content-Regulation-December-ARTICLE-19.pdf

Best regards,
Ephraim Percy Kenyanito

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 12:19 PM kanini mutemi via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> We can also give examples of recent content regulation efforts by our
> government.
>
> On 10 Jul 2018, at 12:16, Peter Wakaba via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Content regulation is the creation, setting and enforcement of parameters
> within which various stakeholders in the content ecosystem engage with this
> content. Content in this context is then simply information which is
> transmitted and stored and received through various platforms and
> infrastructure.
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 10:09 AM, carolyne mimano via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Hello listers,
>>
>> As we dive more into content regulation we should maybe also focus on:
>>
>> Why content is regulated?
>> - Copyright reasons,obscene content, bullying and hate speech(causing
>> harm to others) security, human dignity, privacy.
>> -The different kinds of content-online content, traditional media etc
>> For online content how different countries/governments are trying to
>> regulate online content e.g self filtering, internet service providers or
>> anyone that has access to blocking offensive material but fails to do so.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Carolyne
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Jul 2018, 9:53 am cmaundu--- via kictanet, <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Listers,
>>>
>>> Content regulation, is basically content restrictions or monitoring as
>>> required by governments or regulatory bodies.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10 Jul 2018, at 9:26 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Listers,
>>>
>>> I’ll start us off with the discussion on Content Regulation on the
>>> internet. I find it useful for us to first understand what content
>>> regulation means. To this end, I invite your contributions to the following
>>> questions–
>>>
>>> (a) What does '*content regulation**’* mean?
>>>
>>> (b) How is content regulation achieved?
>>>
>>> (c) What categories of content face the most regulation?
>>>
>>> Let’s go!
>>>
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