Launch of Personal Data Protection guidelines
Internet Society and the African Union Commission unveiled a new set of Guidelines on 9th May 2018 at the Africa Internet Summit in Dakar Senegal, that highlights how privacy protection… Read More
Report: Biometric Technology, Elections, And Privacy in Kenya
The Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology Law (CIPIT), a research centre at the Strathmore Law School, conducted a research project to investigate the privacy implications of using biometric technology… Read More
Blogger Nyakundi released on a sh1.3 million cash bail
Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has been released on a sh1.3 million cash bail or a sh2 million bond by a Kiambu Law Court. In the four cases that he has, he… Read More
Cyprian Nyakundi charged with multiple crimes for his online posts
Controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has been charged with multiple crimes relating to his online posts. The blogger was arrested on Wednesday 25th April and detained at Muthaiga police station. His is… Read More
Cyber harassment to attract fines as high as sh20 million or ten years’ imprisonment
Online bullies have been put on notice by government as it seeks to stamp out the vice committed through telecommunication devices including the internet. The Computer and Cyercrimes Bill creates… Read More
You face sh5 million for publishing fake news
Kenyans publishing fake news risk being fined sh5 million or jail term of two years, the Computer and CyberCrimes Bill recommends. The Bill’s report that is to be tabled before… Read More
False Publication ambiguous and open to abuse, says Article 19
KICTANET, in the Departmental Committee on Communications and Information and innovation Report has proposed the deletion and replacement of the clause, ‘False publication’, with a revised text to effectively deal… Read More
We are hosting a live Twitter Chat on Digital Security
With technology advances, the risks on what we do online increases. Every day, there are new ways to work, study and even play. New methods of interacting with each other… Read More
Judge declines to shutdown Facebook Group Buyer Beware
A judge declined to shutdown Facebook Group Buyer Beware in a case in which Jackson Njeru is fighting for his freedom. In the case, lawyer Cecil Miller in Civil Case… Read More
The State of the Internet in Kenya 2017 report launched
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has launched the State of the Internet in Kenya 2017 report. The report, the third of its kind, documents significant events in digital rights… Read More
Report finds Safaricom does not meet standards in the protection of digital rights & privacy
Digital rights are human rights. This is not very familiar and is very new in Sub-Saharan Africa. In today’s world, there as an increasing number of internet users every day.… Read More
Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi Faces Jail Term For Contempt of Court Over online Defamation Case
Controversial blogger Cyprian Nyakundi is set to be sentenced for contempt of court for failing to appear to answer to charges related to a post on his Twitter page that… Read More