<div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.citizen.digital/news/three-employees-of-company-providing-iebc-election-technology-arrested-at-jkia-n302621">https://www.citizen.digital/news/three-employees-of-company-providing-iebc-election-technology-arrested-at-jkia-n302621</a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 20 Jul 2022, 16:14 Kelvin Kariuki via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#444444">Amazing new features by Meta, like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/report/?source=archive-landing-page&country=KE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here </a>you can search for a political aspirant to know how much they have spent on political advertisement across Meta's platforms. </font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#444444"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#444444">I have also been intrigued by:</font> "<span style="color:rgb(52,72,84);font-family:"Optimistic Text",sans-serif;font-size:18px">In Kenya, we’ll have an “I Voted” sticker on Instagram. And on Election Day, we’ll remind people in the country that it’s time to vote with a notification on top of their Facebook Feed as well.</span>" <span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"> but why not have both features on IG and FB? </span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 2:05 PM Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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 class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(52,72,84);font-family:"Optimistic Text",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Hi Listers,</span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(52,72,84);font-family:"Optimistic Text",sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Meta has today published a blog on the measures it is taking in preparation for Kenya's 2022 election. Feel free to point out what more the platform can do. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(52,72,84);font-family:"Optimistic Text",sans-serif">**</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(52,72,84);font-family:"Optimistic Text",sans-serif"><i style="font-size:1.125rem"><span style="box-sizing:inherit">Today, we’re sharing an update on our work to help ensure a safe and secure General Election in Kenya on August 9. </span><span style="font-size:1.125rem">We’ve been preparing for the country’s 2022 election over the past year with the help of a dedicated team that’s working closely with election authorities and trusted partners in the country. Additionally, we’ve invested in people and technology to help reduce the spread of misinformation, detect and remove hate speech, improve digital literacy and help make political advertising more transparent.</span></i></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:20px 0px 1.5em;font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(52,72,84);font-family:"Optimistic Text",sans-serif"><i>Read more: <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2022/07/how-metas-preparing-for-kenyas-2022-general-election/?shareadraft=62d71a2bed000" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://about.fb.com/news/2022/07/how-metas-preparing-for-kenyas-2022-general-election/?shareadraft=62d71a2bed000</a></i></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:20px 0px 1.5em;font-size:1.125rem;color:rgb(52,72,84);font-family:"Optimistic Text",sans-serif">Regards,</p></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"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><font color="#20124d">Victor Kapiyo</font></b></span></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" color="#351c75">Partner | <i>Lawmark Partners LLP</i></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><i>Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | </i></font><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Web: <a href="http://www.lawmark.co.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.lawmark.co.ke</a> </i></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" color="#000000">====================================================<br><i>“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar<br></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></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" rel="noreferrer">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>
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