<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This is an interesting subject. I'm inclined to believe that the Good CS' comments may have been taken out of context. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Ebele, thank you for your robust contributions to this forum. It certainly allows for most of us to engage with Facebook at a level unprecedented before. Truly appreciated. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 15 Mar 2016, at 1:49 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Many thanks Ebele,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I agree with Nanjira's postulation. Whereas Cabinet Secretary</span><br><span>Mucheru's view point may be justified to a certain extent, it wouldn't</span><br><span>be prudent since it will curtail the growth and developement of the</span><br><span>Internet which has partly been driven by trust. My humble opinion is</span><br><span>that if we take care of the Infrastructure issues such as natting, we</span><br><span>don't need to worry about Pseudonym's. One way would be to encourage</span><br><span>adoption of IP V 6 which avails an Internet Protocol address for every</span><br><span>device which would in turn make it easy to trace sources of</span><br><span>information. The government could also adopt an approach of educate</span><br><span>users through Social Engineering. This is my opinion but i stand to be</span><br><span>corrected.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best Regards</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 3/15/16, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Just a clarification-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Facebook absolutely agrees that there should be spaces on the Internet where</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>people can share anonymously, including some of our own properties, like</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Instagram. That said, Facebook itself is a space where community and trust</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>depend upon people being able to connect with people they know, so Facebook</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>community standards require people to use names they are known to use in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"real" life.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>We do not proactively moderate for this, but fake accounts are definitely</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>taken down if and when they are reported to us, and we include mechanisms</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for reporting fake names or accounts directly in the platform so that anyone</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>on Facebook, whether or not the reporting person has an account, can</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>report.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Screen shot of report flow pasted below-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>[image1.PNG]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ebele Okobi | Head of Public Policy, Africa</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>m. +44 (0) 771 156 1315<<a href="tel:+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315">tel:+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>10 Brock Street | London<x-apple-data-detectors://0/1> | NW1 3FG</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:ebeleokobi@fb.com">ebeleokobi@fb.com</a><<a href="mailto:ebeleokobi@fb.com">mailto:ebeleokobi@fb.com</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>[6F376569-CC77-422B-BAD3-794055B1E02B]</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Mar 15, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To me, such a move would be in direct contravention of article 31 (d) of the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Constitution.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Given that blogging in Kenya is taken to mean anyone with a social media</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>account expressing their opinions, I think it's a slippery slope. Facebook</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>tried to enforce a real name policy, I believe so did Google, and that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>didn't bode well.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>While I see why the government would want to take that approach (and could</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>be argued with s 33(2)..), it is worrisome. And "clamping down" is a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>militant choice of words...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Regards,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Nanjira.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from my iPhone.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 15 Mar 2016, at 02:33,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><<a href="mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke">mailto:kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To be or not to be a pseudonymous blogger</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.kictanet.or.ke_mailman_listinfo_kictanet&d=CwICAg&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=hGDusGRA7S0BjgW_3dUPNvt3SRBTkzMz6hqkLGwIxOE&s=h2vcUHi9wcEObI7fHD-WUfiooA0VAUwtv7ZuclaczCc&e=">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.kictanet.or.ke_mailman_listinfo_kictanet&d=CwICAg&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=hGDusGRA7S0BjgW_3dUPNvt3SRBTkzMz6hqkLGwIxOE&s=h2vcUHi9wcEObI7fHD-WUfiooA0VAUwtv7ZuclaczCc&e=</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.kictanet.or.ke_mailman_options_kictanet_ebeleokobi-2540fb.com&d=CwICAg&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=hGDusGRA7S0BjgW_3dUPNvt3SRBTkzMz6hqkLGwIxOE&s=qKjqXI8ZgGNvr03B1Eysh8SJj1xjjWLI1xBf7IaCSCg&e=">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.kictanet.or.ke_mailman_options_kictanet_ebeleokobi-2540fb.com&d=CwICAg&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=hGDusGRA7S0BjgW_3dUPNvt3SRBTkzMz6hqkLGwIxOE&s=qKjqXI8ZgGNvr03B1Eysh8SJj1xjjWLI1xBf7IaCSCg&e=</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>regulation. 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