Internet connection has been restored to a part of Ethiopia’s Oromia region after the area had been without connectivity for almost three months. Advocacy group Human Rights Watch had reported… Read More
Kenya’s first Coronavirus recovery patient has been heavily bullied by Kenyans Online. Brenda Ivy Cherotich, who was also patient zero had come forward after her recovery to speak to Kenyans… Read More
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called for the police to arrest Kenyans on social media for what he has termed as a Kenyans ‘making a mockery’ of the government… Read More
Cyprian Nyakundi has been officially charged for alleged publication of false information, contrary to section 23 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act. According to the charge sheet he posted… Read More
Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government Hon, Dr Fred Matiangi has threated to sue Robert Alai and writer Francis Muli, for libel in an… Read More
Chinese and Russian models of information controls used by dictatorships and closed societies have hugely impacted the state of digital rights in Africa. The new approach to cyberspace control has… Read More
The police are holding blogger Cyprian Nyakundi for allegedly posting on Twitter that a top Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) official travelled abroad and failed to quarantine on his return. KRA… Read More
With the advance of technology in Kenya and the world in general, there were concerns over how citizens could protect their privacy and data. In November 2019, President Kenyatta signed… Read More
Blogger Robert Alai will today 23rd March appear before a court of law for allegedly publishing false information about the Coronavirus on his social media platform. If found guilty, Mr… Read More
A doctor and his employee have been arraigned in court for two accounts, one for advertising fake Covid-19 test kits and operating unregistered and unlicensed health institution. The two suspects,… Read More
A 23-year-old man has been arrested with allegedly publishing false, misleading and alarming information on the Coronavirus on social media. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations, via its twitter account on… Read More
Bomet based detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a suspect for publishing alarming information warning of an alleged terror plot on Facebook. In a statement on… Read More
