<p>Fake news is big business as demonstrated by the studies around it :-)</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 19, 2017 11:23 AM, "Liz Orembo via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Geo poll has also launched another report on fake news here: <a href="https://t.co/NNMTeWn5uJ" target="_blank">https://t.co/NNMTeWn5uJ</a><br><br></div><div>They found that the death resulting from Blue Whale game in Kenya was a fake story picked up by media houses.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:24 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></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 class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Someone has done a study on Fake News in Kenya during this electioneering period. I think this is a more realistic representation of Fake News consumption in Kenya. Would like to see if the trend holds until next month. <br><br><a href="https://medium.com/@OdipoDev/3-things-we-discovered-from-3-months-of-investigating-fake-news-in-kenya-dfaa6f4e1857" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@OdipoDev/3<wbr>-things-we-discovered-from-3-m<wbr>onths-of-investigating-fake-ne<wbr>ws-in-kenya-dfaa6f4e1857</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="m_8066270038547693156h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 4:09 PM, wachiranancy91 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wachiranancy91@yahoo.com" target="_blank">wachiranancy91@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">@ kanini, he could be charged on ' false content ' </p><div class="m_8066270038547693156m_9158486225469994054HOEnZb"><div class="m_8066270038547693156m_9158486225469994054h5">
<div class="m_8066270038547693156m_9158486225469994054m_-4578346229967739720quote">On Jul 13, 2017 15:12, kanini mutemi via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_8066270038547693156m_9158486225469994054m_-4578346229967739720quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:'georgia',serif">@Mutindi, <br><br></div><div style="font-family:'georgia',serif">What offence would they be prosecuted for? <br><br></div><div style="font-family:'georgia',serif">@Erick, <br><br></div><div style="font-family:'georgia',serif">We are notoriuosly known for being reactionary rather than pro-active. At the same time, as fashions go, the FAKE news conundrum will catch up with us (if it hasn't already). I wonder whether we are not missing out on an opportunity to step in front of a problem. See EU's approach to Fake News <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20170331STO69330/fake-news-how-to-counter-misinformation" target="_blank">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/<wbr>news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/2<wbr>0170331STO69330/fake-news-how-<wbr>to-counter-misinformation</a><br><br></div><div style="font-family:'georgia',serif">Thank you all for contributing and apologies for reviving an old conversation.<br></div></div><div><br><div class="m_8066270038547693156m_9158486225469994054m_-4578346229967739720elided-text">On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Mutindi Muema via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>@Emmanuel Chebukati <div><br></div><div>If you would want the originators and/or distributors of the fake news on facebook prosecuted, you may want to report the same and have the police gather the necessary evidence before reporting the post to facebook for pull down. </div><div><br></div><div>Once the post is pulled down, collecting evidence becomes a long and tedious process under the Mutual Legal Assistance mechanisms between States and without evidence there can be no prosecution. </div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards, </div><div>Mutindi Muema, </div><div>Advocate. </div><br><div><br><div class="m_8066270038547693156m_9158486225469994054m_-4578346229967739720elided-text">On 12 Jul 2017 11:34 p.m., "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p><a href="mailto:echebukati@gmail.com" target="_blank">@Emmanuel Chebukati</a>, we had a community engagement with Facebook yesterday where concerns such as yours were raised. FB shared their reporting mechanisms where
you can send such posts and request for their bringing down. You must however provide a reason which may sometimes not be be provided for by fb as was expressed yesterday. </p>
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<p>The two links you have shared are definitely disturbing and you may want to raise this with Ebele or Fadzai. </p>
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<p>We are now in a fake news season and so are some fb accounts.</p>
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