<div dir="ltr"><div>Morning Grace, all,<br><br></div><div>I would say Internet in Kenya is still 'unregulated' when it comes to content filtering. I havent come across blocked sites, however, with the recent revelation of the Hacking team-Govt emails. We dont know what else the government has been upto.<br><br></div><div>Last year vodacom released a transparency report, but no data was revealed because of unclear legal position.<br><br><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">The legal position is unclear regarding whether or not it would be 
lawful for Safaricom (Vodafone’s local associate operator) or Vodafone 
to disclose statistics related to agency and authority communications 
data demands.</blockquote></div><div><a href="http://www.vodafone.com/content/sustainabilityreport/2014/index/operating_responsibly/privacy_and_security/law_enforcement/country_by_country.html#top"><br><br>http://www.vodafone.com/content/sustainabilityreport/2014/index/operating_responsibly/privacy_and_security/law_enforcement/country_by_country.html#top</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Is it the same case with other service providers? and is it possible for us to seek clarification?<br><br><br>On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via isoc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isoc@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">isoc@lists.my.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Listers, </div><div>We hope you are all well post POTUS visit.</div><div> </div><div>Due to the the national activities last week, we were not able to post the last issue for discussion. Many of you had requested for a discussion on openness of the Internet and so we shall tackle that today. You are also welcome to contribute to all the other discussion threads from last week as we gear up for the face to face KeIGF . </div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The idea of an open Internet is the idea
that the full resources of the Internet and means to operate on it are easily
accessible to all individuals and companies. This often includes ideas such as
net neutrality, open standards, transparency, lack of Internet censorship, and
low barriers to entry. We seek to answer questions like: how open is the
Internet in Kenya? Is Freedom of Speech Online encouraged or it is suppressed?
Are there examples of blocked websites in Kenya?  How easy is it to start
an Internet business in Kenya?</span></div><div><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Should Internet service provider (ISP)  be
allowed to speed up, slow down or block lawful Web traffic from getting to
where you, the customer, want it to go?</span></span></div><div><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Should ISPs like Orange or Safaricom demand payment
from content providers like Facebook or Google because these content providers
reap huge profit from the infrastructure provided by ISPs?</span></span></div><div><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">What is the position of the regulator on net
neutrality? What is the position of service providers in Kenya on net
neutrality?</span></span><br></div><div><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Over to you. </span></span></div><div><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Regards, </span></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div>Grace L.N. Mutung'u <br>Nairobi Kenya<br>Skype: gracebomu<br>Twitter: @Bomu<br><br><<a href="http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu" target="_blank">http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu</a>><br><br></div>
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