[kictanet] Kenya Internet Governance Forum Online Discussion- Day 3 -

[Nancy marangu]

Good evening,

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Day 3: * Connecting all people and promoting cyber hygiene and emerging
issues including youth, online work, inclusion and regulation.*

*Observed:*  for the youthful population, what is their degree of awareness
on existing regulations, as they engage online are they aware of how to
enhance their privacy? On inclusion, is there existing data on persons with
disabilities and their general consumption of the internet?

*Noted:* especially for children, the Ministry of Public Service, Gender,
Senior Citizens Affairs and Special Programmes developed a national plan of
action to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse. The plan is
grounded in the ‘We Protect Model National Response’ and has five key areas
— law, policy leadership and coordination, prevention, capacity
strengthening, response and support services, and monitoring and evaluating
progress.

*Emphasized:* 12 million children in Kenya have access to adult content.
How can we mitigate this? Currently, though not rolled out in Africa, in
future one will need an ID to register on Instagram. How effective has
Youtube for Kids, Facebook for Kids been like in our own households?

*Link:*
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/study-reveals-scary-pitfalls-in-online-learning-3844030

*Highlighted:* a lot of work yet to be done on international transfer of
data from Kenya which in turn infringes on our data privacy under
protection laws. Over-reliance on foreign clouds and weak oversight
mechanisms create a watershed for that. Further, the expensive litigation
fees suing big tech gurus like Facebook and Twitter scares victims of data
breaches through international transfer of data to foreign servers.

*Underscored:* for people to connect in a matter that benefits all, the
digital divide must be done away with. At the moment we have two groups,
one that is very high level of digital literacy and one with very low level
of digital literacy.

*Underlined:* the question that government should address is, should we
invest on the low divide which has low or no digital literacy or should we
invest on the higher digital knowledge divide to ensure they advance even
further? Where should the government put its money? Where will there be a
greater return?

*Underscored:* on regulation, the legal framework is always behind the
technological advancements. Technology is an area that advances and changes
very fast but the law is very rigid and not ready to change that fast. How
can this be addressed? Should there be digital law reforms and introduction
of new study areas in the area of digital law?

On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 9:37 AM Benson Muite via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Thanks for the nice summary. Putting the summary in plain text format in
> the email body will increase its accessibility and so may get more readers.
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> On 6/24/22 23:37, Nancy marangu via KICTANet wrote:
> > Good evening all,
> >
> > Kindly find attached the summary of the day's reflection.
> >
> > Thank you for your participation.
> >
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