<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Morning listers!<br></div><div>Indeed fake news and skewed reportage by main media outlets is already with us.Editorial policy of some houses is outright scandalous.In this time of election where perception of voters is critical, fake news will come in droves and due to compromises and skewed editorial policy by media houses on issues, agenda setting is purposed on set goals.It is worse when the main media depend on social media for its news items and worse when it uses social media content to reinforce a particular opinion and stand on an issue.When the media is sold to the highest bidder in a political environment or is compromised in being factual and balanced in its reportage,then it looses the moral ground to point out ills in the society. Note fake News is NEWS.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b>To: </b>"Diacen Ndiaga" <dndiaga@kcaa.or.ke><br><b>Cc: </b>"kanini mutemi" <kaninimutemi@gmail.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, June 28, 2017 6:59:06 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[kictanet] PRE KIGF ONLINE DISCUSSIONS DAY 2- FAKE NEWS DURING ELECTIONEERING<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Good morning Listers, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Welcome to Day 2 of the Pre KIGF Online Discussions. Joy Mala and I will co-moderate this session. We look forward to a vibrant discussion on <b>Fake News</b> especially during the electioneering period. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">We would like to hear your perspectives on:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">(a)Is Fake News a problem for Kenya?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">(b) Companies such as <a href="https://cambridgeanalytica.org/" style="font-family:Georgia,serif" target="_blank">Cambridge Analytica</a> have been said to use pyschographic techniques such as voter profiling during elections to determine who gets to hear what message. Advertising companies have used similar targeted approaches in marketing for years- why is it a problem for elections? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">(c) Should internet intermediaries filter Fake News from their platforms?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">(d) Should Fake News be banned?</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><span></span></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The discussion is open. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Mercy Mutemi, Advocate</b>. <br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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