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Meareg Amare Abrha, a respected chemistry professor at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia, was killed in 2021 after his home address and posts calling f...
According to Murkomen, substance abuse has "extremely destroyed" the lot who have resorted to insulting people online as a coping mechanism.
Through lawyer Danstan Omari, Mokaya had inquired whether President William Ruto would be called to testify.
According to the CA report, online usage among teenagers aged 15-17 years has grown from 13 per cent to 15 per cent, while young adults aged 18-24 yea...
Noordin emphasised the need for Kenya to develop strong policies to address cyberspace vulnerabilities.
Active social media users in Kenya grew by 15.9 per cent in 2024, a sharp drop from the 38.2 per cent recorded in the previous year.
Most health-related social media posts from top influencers are misleading, lack medical evidence and are biased by financial backing, a new study sho...
Kenya's government recently ramped up efforts to regulate social media and artificial intelligence. AI-generated content has helped fuel dissent and s...
Cartoonist Gideon Kibet and 24-year-old Billy Mwangi were reportedly abducted after sharing AI-generated images depicting Kenyan President William Rut...
Addressing rising concerns about the regulation of digital spaces, Kabogo on Monday made it clear that discussions on banning or disabling these platf...
PS Omollo stressed that the directive also compels telecommunications providers and platform owners to take stronger measures against harassment, hate...
The app has in recent days been transformed into an unexpected bilateral channel for US-China exchanges.
Felix Kibet has sued the social media platform, accusing it of failing to regulate harmful content that violates individual rights, erodes public valu...
He said public criticism plays an important role in shaping government policies, but he stressed that negativity and falsehoods only undermine the cou...
He noted that freedom of speech should not be used as an excuse for criminal activity, particularly on social media.
Ruto and his close allies described the social criticism as a serious erosion of morals in Kenyan society.
The Interior CS linked social media misuse to the broader issues affecting communities and urged Kenyans to embrace positive values.
Junet pointed to recent AI-generated images of President William Ruto in a coffin, describing them as a disturbing trend of using social media to mock...
The report notes that internet users in Kenya spend an average of 3 hours and 43 minutes each day on social platforms.
Some 20 conversations involving politicians, police, lawyers, journalists and members of civil society have been leaked on social media.
