<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear listers,<div class="">As we embrace Web 3.0, a key lesson from the debate is internet governance must also apply to </div><div class="">technology companies like Facebook as they transit into becoming channels of news deliveries.</div><div class="">As provider of the platform for dissemination of information, Facebook can be compared to a media</div><div class="">house that receives news articles from various sources. </div><div class="">The raging debate in the US about Facebook algorithms clearly depicts that techies must be held accountable </div><div class="">for the algorithms they design/ and they must come up with more intelligent mechanisms that would not lead them</div><div class="">to being viewed as influencing elections in favour of others. </div><div class="">The web will continue to be a major influencer as put forward by Wangari but at the same time </div><div class="">developers must find a middle ground to avoid being accused of propagating falsehoods through</div><div class="">their apps. In my opinion, this is just the beginning and we may soon get more news of such algorithms</div><div class="">being used to influence different processes in ways not approved.</div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">Ronald</div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 22, 2016, at 1:49 PM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314773" class="">Blessed Tuesday!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314776" class="">When Governments do the shut-downs, there is hue and cry.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314778" class="">When the players/providers have mixed up or fake information, we may say it is algorithms and users "not the provider perse".</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315020" class="">I believe this is a matter that requires deserves attention as it <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315431" class="">centres on the legitimacy of the web as a whole</b>.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_316004" class="">Next we shall start overly questioning the information accessed on Bing, Google, the Bible on the web, ebooks etc.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315172" class="">On the elections front, with the Kenyan elections coming up, any serious contender and voter is keen have legit information and the web's double-edge role cannot be downplayed.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span class="">Be blessed.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314671" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_316058" class="">Regards/Wangari</span></div><div class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_314661" class=""> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315782">---<br class=""><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315785" class=""><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315784" class="">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127, 0, 63);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479732028991_315787" class="">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br class=""></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class=""><font size="2" face="Arial" class=""> On Monday, 21 November 2016, 21:54, Phares Kariuki via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br class=""></font></div> <br class=""><br class=""> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2825983952" class=""><div class=""><div class="">So, amplify this risk - when you have free basics, this is all the user knows. <br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class="">--<div class="">Phares </div></div><div class="yiv2825983952yqt2751130196" id="yiv2825983952yqt90443"><div class=""><br clear="none" class="">On Nov 21, 2016, at 7:48 PM, Eric Mwangi via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv2825983952yqt2751130196" id="yiv2825983952yqt25895"><div class=""><div class="">Interesting Moses, as I like to put it - the perils of living in an "echo-chamber"<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class=""><br clear="none" class="">On 21 Nov 2016, at 16:26, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><div class="">Well put Moses.</div><div id="yiv2825983952AppleMailSignature" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div id="yiv2825983952AppleMailSignature" class="">My take home today is:-</div><div id="yiv2825983952AppleMailSignature" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div id="yiv2825983952AppleMailSignature" class=""><b class="">Digital in-breeding</b>. As Swaleh Mdoe would say - Tafakari hayo.<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""><div class=""><span style="" class=""><b class="">Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div class=""><span style="" class=""><b class="">Principal</b></span></div><div class=""><b style="" class="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style="" class=""><font class=""></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" class="">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></div><font class=""><br clear="none" class=""></font></div><div class=""><span style="" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></span></div><div class="">"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div class=""><span style="" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div class=""><br clear="none" class="">On 21 Nov 2016, at 6:34 PM, Moses Karanja <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mosekaranja@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mosekaranja@gmail.com" class="">mosekaranja@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none" class=""><br clear="none" class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">
</div></blockquote></div></div><div class=""><div class="yiv2825983952yqt2751130196" id="yiv2825983952yqt75794"><div class="">I think the biggest tragedy we face, not just as Kenyans but as
humans, is the behavior of teaming with only those we agree with.
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<div class="">This takes two levels. <br clear="none" class="">
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<div class=""><b class="">Consciously:</b> Some shares a news item on your timeline
about a topic you find disgusting. You unfriend or unfollow them.
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<div class=""><b class="">Unconsciously:</b> Social network algorithms study your
behavior and show you those things they think you 'like'. <br clear="none" class="">
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<div class=""> The end result is you have a busy social media life but you are
only interacting with those who look like you. <br clear="none" class="">
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<div class="">We end up with very weak social genes thanks to 'digital
in-breeding'. <br clear="none" class="">
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<div class=""> Individuals can work on the first one - a very steep
socialization process though. <br clear="none" class="">
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<div class="">The issue is the second level; can social networks rewrite their
algorithms to bring diversity to their subscribers at the cost of
weakened business models that depend on engagement and
personalization of online experiences. <br clear="none" class="">
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<div class="">This is not a simple problem and even if Facebook fixes the 'Fake
News' problem, this 'digital in-breeding' will still lurk with us,
not forgetting that other social media platforms have a
responsibility too. <br clear="none" class="">
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<div class="">-Moses<br clear="none" class="">
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