<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Kevin</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Exactly!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Firstly, as mentioned, state players are the biggest perpetrators of fake news and using bots and trolls to strangle meaningly conversations online so who will regulate the regulator?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Secondly, gratified to see that you've come round to the right side of history. :-) The Practitioners' Bill is one that we will fight. Make no mistake about it. Let those who are purporting to speak for the ICT Practitioner instead prove to us that they are actually doing that.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Kevin Kamonye <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevin.kamonye@gmail.com" target="_blank">kevin.kamonye@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 style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">Good morning Ali,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">The era of the citizen hoping to be protected by the government clearly ended a long while ago.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">As regards to the way forward, it is encouraging that Zuckerberg has initiated significant changes at Facebook. This was done at great risk to their revenues making it all the more commendable. Google initiated major changes almost immediately after the US election. Twitter cannot afford to start the fight against bots and trolls because they are still struggling to produce profits.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">This is where the issue is. Should we continue to rely on these companies to self regulate?</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">What about government regulation? Recent events in Kenya for instance have just confirmed that the option of Government regulation is a complete and absolute NO. I almost regret supporting the ICT practitioners Bill because I naively thought that we are now at a level where our institutions can be allowed to operate independently.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#0b5394">The other option and the most ideal to me is that we as the users of these platforms need to do our part. If something looks off, we need to raise awareness and push for the change that is required. We cannot always defer all the hard work to others and then expect them not to ever take advantage.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_821845132945236584m_5506084419423683937gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Regards,</div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Kevin</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 19 February 2018 at 07:46, 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></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>The world of disinformation and propaganda will never be the same again. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6371205869262245888" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/<wbr>update/urn:li:activity:6371205<wbr>869262245888</a></div><div><br></div><div>What is interesting here is that the perpetrators are state players. How do you regulate and curb such behavior when the very authorities supposed to protect citizens are the ones perpetrating the crimes?</div><br><div id="m_821845132945236584m_5506084419423683937m_-6257228736288797616AppleMailSignature"><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">+254 0713 601113 </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><br></div></div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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