<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thank you Barack. This was eye-opening. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Clause 12 of the recently published Computer and Cybercrimes Bill, 2017 : <i>A person who intentionally publishes false, misleading or fictitious data or misinforms with intent that the data shall be considered or acted upon as authentic, with or without any financial gain, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.<br><br></i></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Someone had mentioned earlier that telling lies is part and parcel of the freedom of expression and whilst there is an obligation on journalists to carry out due diligence before reporting, there are certain groups whose speech it is impossible to control (eg politicians during this time). Again, the question of who decides what the truth is and the possibility of this being used as a political tool to silence critics and the opposition expose the flaws of a purely legal approach. While we all agree that fake news is an undesirable (yet natural) side effect of communication, I wonder whether this is the best approach. <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.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><div>Listers,<br><br></div>This might of interest to some.<br><br></div>Best Regards<br><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com" target="_blank">ocl@gih.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 7:23 PM<br>Subject: [Internet Policy] Video Recording of Fake News: annoying symptom or life-threatening disease?<br>To: "<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.<wbr>org</a>" <<a href="mailto:InternetPolicy@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">InternetPolicy@elists.isoc.<wbr>org</a>><br><br><br>
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just to let you know that the video recording of this exciting
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Warmest regards,<br>
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Olivier<br>
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<p>Dear Colleagues,</p>
<p>Fake news has been a buzzword since the US election provoked
a debate at<br>
presidential level. But fake news are neither new, nor are
they<br>
geographically constrained to the United States. This global
topic<br>
stretches the limits of self-regulation as stakeholders
grapple with<br>
identifying “fake news” and figuring out what might be done
about it.<br>
From the traditional Press to blogs, short messages and
on-line videos,<br>
this topic has challenged everyone, from human editors to
machine<br>
algorithms, from Roman times until now.<br>
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We have assembled a Team of academics, journalists, content
and social<br>
media industry, civil society and politicians to discuss fake
news with<br>
our audience.<br>
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Moderator: Maria Farrell<br>
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Speakers:</p>
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<li>Joanna Kulesza, PhD, assistant professor of international
law<br>
and Internet governance, Faculty of Law and Administration,
University<br>
of Lodz, Poland(remotely): introduction / scene setting</li>
<li>Dominic Connor, Journalist: fake news in the Press</li>
<li>Karim Palant, Public Policy Manager UK, Facebook: industry
approach</li>
<li>Gabrielle Guillemin, Senior Legal Officer, Article 19:
impact on<br>
democracy & freedom of expression</li>
<li>Philip Virgo Advisory Board Digital Policy Alliance:
impact on politics </li>
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<p>Full details of this session are on: <a href="http://bit.ly/2tIwipX" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2tIwipX</a></p>
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Time: Jul 13, 2017 6:00 PM London<br>
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