<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font size="4" color="#9900ff">I also invite proposals on the way forward on content regulation on the internet. Are there commendable practices elsewhere we could look to? </font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 3:26 PM, anyega jefferson 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 class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">So, what am getting is the existing legal framework covers Internet content or am wrong?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 3:21 PM, 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></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="ltr"><font size="4">Thank you @Mwara for redirecting us to Article 33 of the Constitution on speech that is not protected. Here is the full text:</font><br><br><i><font size="4">(2) The right to freedom of expression does not extend to—<br><br>(a) propaganda for war;<br><br>(b) incitement to violence;<br><br>(c) hate speech; or<br><br>(d) advocacy of hatred that—<br><br>(i) constitutes ethnic incitement, vilification of others or incitement to cause harm; or<br><br>(ii) is based on any ground of discrimination specified or contemplated in Article 27(4).</font></i><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_372127591435775228h5">On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 3:06 PM, mwara gichanga 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="m_372127591435775228h5"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif">Hello Listers,</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif">Thank you @carolyne</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif">Why online content shouldn't be regulated?</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif">Human rights principles and standards also apply to content regulation. Freedom of expression (FoE) protected by Article 19 and the UN declaration of Human rights states that offline rights apply equally online. </span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif">Under which circumstance should online content be regulated?</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif">Any restrictions placed on the exercise of the right to FoE must be legal, necessary, proportionate and legitimate.,( </span><span style="font-size:13px"> </span><span style="font-size:13px">Copyright reasons,obscene content, bullying and hate speech causing harm to others, security, human dignity, privacy.) </span><span style="color:rgb(87,87,86);font-family:AsapRegular,sans-serif">and even so the restrictions placed must not undermine or jeopardise the essence of that basic human right. </span></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 10:28:01 AM GMT+3, carolyne mimano via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:
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</div></div><div><div><div class="m_372127591435775228m_3542211816048697216h5"><div id="m_372127591435775228m_3542211816048697216m_4399041312113287919ydpb0f07d6cyiv7952790276"><div><div>Hello listers,<div><br clear="none"><div>As we dive more into content regulation we should maybe also focus on:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Why content is regulated?</div><div>- Copyright reasons,obscene content, bullying and hate speech(causing harm to others) security, human dignity, privacy.</div><div>-The different kinds of content-online content, traditional media etc</div><div>For online content how different countries/governments are trying to regulate online content e.g self filtering, internet service providers or anyone that has access to blocking offensive material but fails to do so.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Carolyne</div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="m_372127591435775228m_3542211816048697216m_4399041312113287919ydpb0f07d6cyiv7952790276gmail_quote"><div class="m_372127591435775228m_3542211816048697216m_4399041312113287919ydpb0f07d6cyiv7952790276yqt4196713763" id="m_372127591435775228m_3542211816048697216m_4399041312113287919ydpb0f07d6cyiv7952790276yqt25355"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 10 Jul 2018, 9:53 am cmaundu--- via kictanet, <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="m_372127591435775228m_3542211816048697216m_4399041312113287919ydpb0f07d6cyiv7952790276gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Hello Listers, <div><br clear="none"></div><div>Content regulation, is basically content restrictions or monitoring as required by governments or regulatory bodies. <br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><br clear="none">On 10 Jul 2018, at 9:26 AM, kanini mutemi via kictanet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span style="font-size:14px">Hello Listers, </span><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">I’ll start us off with the discussion on Content Regulation on the internet. I find it useful for us to first understand what content regulation means. 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