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

Tue Jul 10 19:57:06 EAT 2018

An interesting and positive view on the document.
One of the reasons why online content is so hard to regulate is:
-There is almost always a way around it.
-The internet is global yet governance isn't
-Human rights on free speech are subjective
-Tech is always evolving, its too broad and almost all of it is
online.Innovation  leads to loopholes.

But that said, i believe the first step is having basic policies that
protect users while still maximizing the opportunities that online content
provides.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018, 12:29 pm Ephraim Percy Kenyanito via kictanet, <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @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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