<div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/amp/financial-standard/2001358211/state-officials-risk-sh1m-fine-jail-for-blocking-social-media-users">https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/amp/financial-standard/2001358211/state-officials-risk-sh1m-fine-jail-for-blocking-social-media-users</a><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Following the above, my sentiments are that unless he used his social media account as an avenue to relay important information of the ministry he was in, he should have the freedom to choose whether to have his personal social media account operational or not. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 15 Sep 2022, 12:55 Barrack Otieno 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"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>An interesting conversation is going on on Social Media following the decision by a Cabinet Secretariat to delete his Social Media Account. In fact a Senior Counsel has already weighed in on the <a href="https://twitter.com/ahmednasirlaw/status/1570270811164151813?s=48&t=CanZRu7f1CrD5Bk23aQneQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">issue</a>. Is there merit in the concerns being raised or are we being petty?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Barrack Otieno<br></b></div><div><b>Trustee</b></div><div><b>Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTAnet)</b><br></div><div><b>Skype:barrack.otieno</b></div><div><b>+254721325277</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrack-otieno-2101262b/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrack-otieno-2101262b/</a><br></b></div><div><b><a href="http://www.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.kictanet.or.ke</a></b><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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