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A goodie bag from the just ended KENIC campaign encouraging Kenyans to take up .co.ke domains

KENIC’s shut down of a Kenyan Domain an infringement on internet Freedoms

Earlier today, a Kenyan registered website www.isUhuruInKenya.co.ke was brought down by Kenya's Top Level domain custodian KENIC. The website which was created last week on Friday 4th December, was deleted today at 6am in the morning in what the Kenya Monitor team has deduced to be pressure from the government following its popularity as Kenyans Online continue to build pressure on the current government to account for the president's numerous travels abroad.

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NCIC threatens Internet shutdown in Kenya if there is online hate speech during elections

The number of internet shutdown occurrences in Africa during the election period is on the rise and Kenya could be...

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Edgar Obare Charged with unlawful disclosure of Natalie Tewa’s private data

Vlogger Edgar Obare, was today charged with unlawfully publishing private and personal details from the passport of a local renowned...

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Twitter removes 100 Kenyan accounts after gross misinformation violations report

Twitter has taken action on over 100 accounts operating in Kenya that violated its platform manipulation and spam policy. “Based...

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Kenyan Civil Society Condemns Telegram Blockage Amidst National Exams

26 Kenyan civil society and digital rights advocates have united in condemning the government’s recent decision to block access to...

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Nyakundi released unconditionally

Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has been released unconditionally after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji ordered that he be...

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Iran’s clerical regime plans to pass an Internet protection bill

Iran’s clerical regime parliament is planning to pass an internet protection bill that will restrict the country’s internet and online...

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Why criminal defamation is unconstitutional

The ruling by Justice John Mativo on the 6th of February provided an opportunity to examine criminal defamation within the...

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SMEs should leverage Intellectual property to scale their ideas to market-WIPO

Small and Medium Enterprises can use their IP assets to build stronger, more competitive, and resilient businesses and create jobs....

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Kenya to tax online businesses starting January 1, 2020

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will start demanding a 1.5 per cent digital tax on the value of digital transactions effective...

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Article 19 launches #missingvoices campaign aimed at preventing censorship by social media platforms

Nearly 50% of the world’s population uses social media; Facebook (2.2 billion), with YouTube and Twitter having 2 billion and...

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BAKE Endorses Statement on Internet Blackout in Kashmir

Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has condemned human rights violations by the Indian Government in Jammu and Kashmir. BAKE which...