<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(68,68,68);text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">I agree Ali; the election period has raised a lot of
questions especially of the exercise of </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">freedom of speech (especially on fake news and hate speech) on social media to boost different political agendas. This also brought to light some of the issues
deeply dividing our society which can be a positive thing should we choose to learn and positively engage
on the same as opposed to burying our heads on the sand hoping the issues will disappear.
<span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(68,68,68);text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#444444">In an ideal society we would use such platforms only for good but that is not always the case. </font></span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#444444">I do not blame the social media companies and further do not expect them to provide the solution as they are really not the problem, we are. At some point and for sustainability
purposes, we will have to look into filing the policy gaps resulting from new
technology, as Barrack suggested; for purposes of not only safeguarding them from would
be abusers but to secure them as opposed to hoping there will be less users in
the future or people will be less interested/will not believe what is online.</font></span><font color="#444444" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">At the end of the day, we are what we feed ourselves on whether we believe
it or not. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#444444"><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kind regards,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Esther Kamande</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font color="#444444" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#444444"><br></font></font></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:33 AM, 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>To add,<br><br></div>Technology platforms simply exponse gaps in Policy. It is upon the Citizenry through legislative Institutions to decide whether they want to fix the gaps or not. When mpesa (which i am yet to resist ) started there was no legal framework to support it. It was allowed to thrive based on Public Interest.<br><br></div>Regards<br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:29 AM, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</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>Hi Ali,<br><br></div>Are you suggesting that we blame the printing press for propaganda and mwakenya's? , the answer is no, people are always the problem, technology is just a medium. History is never complete without tells of people who solved puzzles and cracked codes to secure victory over their competitors. As Frenchman Jean Baptise Alphonse Karr The more things change the more they remain the same (plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose :-))<br><h3 class="m_-6016626176838251275m_1593788107515076670gmail-western" align="center"><span style="font-weight:normal"><br></span>
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<h3><span class="m_-6016626176838251275m_1593788107515076670gmail-mw-headline" id="m_-6016626176838251275m_1593788107515076670gmail-Proverb"></span></h3><p><strong class="m_-6016626176838251275m_1593788107515076670gmail-Latn m_-6016626176838251275m_1593788107515076670gmail-headword" lang="fr"><br></strong></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:01 AM, Ali Hussein 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></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-6016626176838251275h5"><div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>An interesting article from the economist. </div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:italic;text-align:center;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Facebook, Google and Twitter were supposed to save politics as good information drove out prejudice and falsehood. Something has gone very wrong</span></div><div style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:italic;text-align:center;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:italic;text-align:center;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Read on:-</span></div><div><br><a href="https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21730871-facebook-google-and-twitter-were-supposed-save-politics-good-information-drove-out" target="_blank">https://www.economist.com/news<wbr>/leaders/21730871-facebook-goo<wbr>gle-and-twitter-were-supposed-<wbr>save-politics-good-information<wbr>-drove-out</a></div><div><br></div>What are your thoughts from a local perspective? <div><br></div><div>After one of the most highly contentious electioneering periods in Kenya’s history some hard questions need to be asked. <br><br>1. Is Ezekiel Mutua after all a visionary in his assertions about Social Media? </div><div>2. Have we allowed ourselves to be further divided by these platforms instead of using them to bring us closer together?</div><div>3, Have we allowed politicians and other influencers to literally take our freedoms to do what’s right?</div><div>4, Shouldn’t the whole world - State and Non-State Players - have taken Internet Governance (especially the Third Party Liability conversation) more seriously?</div><div>5. Is it too late to redeem ourselves?</div><div><br></div><div>These and more are important issues to ponder.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards </div><div><br><div id="m_-6016626176838251275m_1593788107515076670m_34418599325560986AppleMailSignature"><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><a href="tel:0713%20601113" value="+254713601113" target="_blank">+254 0713 601113</a> </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.c<wbr>om/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div></div><br></div></div><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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