<div dir="ltr"><div>GB, indeed content moderation becomes more important during and immediately after elections due to the rise</div><div>in hate speech and warmongering!</div><div><br></div><div>How can local law legally put pressure on Facebook and other social media platforms to regulate hate speech </div><div>and misinformation? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 1:28 PM Kelvin Kariuki <<a href="mailto:kelvinkariuki89@gmail.com">kelvinkariuki89@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><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">Asanteni Ali na Grace for your input,<div><br></div><div>Ali you raise an important point on coming up with laws to go after the culprits who abuse these platforms, the root</div><div>problem is "Fake Accounts", people are more confident going to the extremes online because they are hiding behind</div><div>a fake account. A number of government web applications require National ID and/or Phone No. verification when creating</div><div>an account... do we need this for social media accounts? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 12:05 PM Grace Mutung'u via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><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:verdana,sans-serif">Hi Teacher Karis, <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">With regard to content moderation, I am wondering if Facebook has anything in the pipeline for upcoming Kenya elections. This is coming from reports on their recent work in Ethiopia. I got the sense that Facebook engaged with the government but still didn't help to contain content that led to offline violence. There is also a sense from civil society reports that Facebook took down content that should have stayed up or may have blocked dissenters. My question is therefore what they learnt from that experience in Ethiopia or other African countries they have engaged in. <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Warm regards, <br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Grace <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 11:30, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><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">My humble thoughts:-</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">1. How can we align current laws to go after the culprits who misuse platforms like these. With this, I also mean platform owners themselves. Policy Makers and Regulators the world over have unfortunately been caught flat-footed by these Gatekeeper Platforms. Like a knife, they can do a lot of good (in the kitchen!) but also be used as lethal weapons. How do we find the balance?</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">2. Let me ask a question - At a bar, a party, or even in the bedroom is there someone moderating our conversations or behaviors? Unless of course, you are in China where even the cockroach in your kitchen has been profiled by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). This is not a joke... </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">3. The Net Neutrality (yes..still my pet peeve :-)) debate must be revived. If we all had paid attention to this critical issue we probably would not be having these conversations. For those of you who are new to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality" target="_blank">Net Neutrality click here</a> to bring yourself up to speed.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">4. Last but not least, Gatekeeper Platforms have a fiduciary responsibility and a social contract to keep the platforms clean and usable. The problem here is that we will be giving these guys too much power. Again, how do we find the balance?</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><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"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Ali
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<span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 6:01 AM Kelvin Kariuki via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><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><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Hi There!</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hoping you are having a
great week, we are delighted to invite you to this 4 days series on
“Talk2Facebook”, on Day 1, we are eager to hear from you on issues surrounding
Content Moderation on FB!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Content Moderation
is a delicate balance between freedom of speech and censorship. Share your
comments, experiences, and challenges with regard to Facebook Services along
the following themes:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a) Should FB be
moderating digital content on their platform or should it be open and liberal?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">b) If FB can
moderate content on its platform, how can it balance out different cultural
expectations where a single post in one jurisdiction is considered acceptable
while it becomes un-acceptable in another?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">c) How can FB moderate
content without being considered a gatekeeper or violating freedom of speech?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">d) Has your
content posted on FB ever been flagged as un-acceptable and what was your
reaction/experience? Is there a process of appeal?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We hope to hear from you
today as tomorrow we will be talking about Data Protection Issues. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Have a great day!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Rest of the Program:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Day 2: Data Protection</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Day 3: Human Rights &
Transparency</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Day 4: Connectivity &
Wrap Up</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Warm Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tr. Karis</span></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Walu</span> <br></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Best Regards,<br><br></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><font size="2">Kelvin Kariuki</font></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Assistant Lecturer</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">Multimedia University of Kenya</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">Faculty of Computing and Information Technology</span><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div><div><div><font size="2">Twitter Handle: @teacherkaris</font></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><font size="2">Alt email: <a href="mailto:kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke" target="_blank">kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke</a></font></div></div></div><div><div><font size="2">Mobile: +2547 29 385 557</font></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><font size="2">The Lord is my Shepherd </font></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Best Regards,<br><br></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><font size="2">Kelvin Kariuki</font></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Assistant Lecturer</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">Multimedia University of Kenya</span><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">Faculty of Computing and Information Technology</span><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div><div><div><font size="2">Twitter Handle: @teacherkaris</font></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><font size="2">Alt email: <a href="mailto:kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke" target="_blank">kkariuki@mmu.ac.ke</a></font></div></div></div><div><div><font size="2">Mobile: +2547 29 385 557</font></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><font size="2">The Lord is my Shepherd </font></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div>