<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Kanini and listers:-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">(a) Should the spreading of Fake News be a crime? How about when Fake News leads to incitement? </span></b><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><br></span></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000">I'll be super careful not to fight/kill a mosquito with a hammer. Firstly, unfortunately as mentioned earlier, Fake News is nothing more than Propaganda. And Propaganda is a tool best used by State Players or Players seeking to be State Players. So first let's address this issue. Let's look at the biggest & baddest Fake News Purveyors in the world:-</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000">1. Donald Trump.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000">2. Putin.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000">Need I say more? </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000">As the NCIC threatens small bit players, I would like them to tell us how they have dealt with </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">State Players or Players seeking to be State Players. Unfortunately their record here leaves alot to be desired. There is enough within the legal framework to prosecute those who deliberately seek to mislead us and derail nation building.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">(b) The NCIC (National Cohesion and Integration Commission) and the CA (Communications Authority); do these agencies have the sufficient mandate to combat Fake News?</span></b><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></span></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000">I believe they do. The question is how willing they are to prosecute culprits and how impartial they can be and should be.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,255)">(c) Is it time we regulated social media use? How? </b><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,255)"><br></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#000000">Why not come into my bedroom too and regulate what I say to my wife? </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">How about before the government issues a license for public rallies/parties/weddings etc you give us a script on what to say or not to say? </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">C'mon guys! We have been through this conversation before. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">We have a constitution, a penal code. If we use these without fear or favor, with impartiality we should be in a good place. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,255)"><br></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,255)"><br></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:54 AM, kanini mutemi 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Good morning Listers, <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"> <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Welcome to Day 3 of engaging with NCIC on Fake News. We have so far spent some time looking at the impact of Fake News and teasing out what different stakeholders can do to fight Fake News. Since we are in agreement that Fake News has become a menace, <b>is it time the government regulated Fake News? </b><br><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Today's guiding questions:<br><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">(a) Should the spreading of Fake News be a crime? How about when Fake News leads to incitement? </span><br><br></b></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">(b) The NCIC (National Cohesion and Integration Commission) and the CA (Communications Authority); do these agencies have the sufficient mandate to combat Fake News?</span><br><br></b></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,255)"><b>(c) Is it time we reguated social media use? How? </b></span><br></div><br><div>Looking forward to hearing your views! <br></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_8006138788345558008gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Mercy Mutemi</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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