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UncategorizedHighlights: Facebook Open house Ke

Highlights: Facebook Open house Ke

Written by Mwara Gichanga As the world’s biggest social network, Facebook has held a contentious place in the ongoing debate about what role social media is playing in how information is spread around the world today. The norm is that more conversations has moved online and with that a lot of hateful, ugly and false information …

UncategorizedKESIG 2017: Highlights of Day 3

KESIG 2017: Highlights of Day 3

Written by Samuel Muchiri, KESIG 2017 participant. If man was left to their own nature it would be very chaotic hence laws are necessary to regulate human affairs and the internet is no exception to this as it was explained by Victor Kapiyo during introduction to legal issues that emanate from this space. There are …

UncategorizedKESIG 2017: Highlights of Day 2

KESIG 2017: Highlights of Day 2

Written by Samuel Muchiri, KESIG 2017 participant. Internet stakeholders are major contributors to the development and governance of Internet. They were termed as entities that use the internet as was defined by Mwendwa Kivuva of Afrnic. Internet governance categorizes them into 5 or 6 groups that is the government, civil society, business community, technical community, …

UncategorizedKESIG 2017: Highlights of day 1

KESIG 2017: Highlights of day 1

Written by Samuel Muchiri, KESIG participant. “Because of internet’s nature it cannot be governed by a single sector – it has a lot of “haki yetu”” said Grace Githaiga during her opening remarks at the opening of this year’s start of Kenya School of Internet Governance. The idea of Kenya School of Internet Governance (KSIG) …

UncategorizedUnderstanding Internet Governance

Understanding Internet Governance

Written by Jefferson Anyega: KESIG 2017 participant. The Kenya School of Internet Governance, presently in its second edition, focuses on raising awareness about emerging internet governance issues. The definition of internet governance has evolved over the years as stakeholders understanding of its role in shaping the digital era changed. The World Summit on Information Society, …