CS Mucheru: Kenyan parents struggling to control online content for children

By Citizen Reporter,

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has decried increasing cases of children accessing inappropriate content following the closure of schools over the C...

coronavirus , Mucheru , online learning , pornography

How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

By CNN,

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...

Gay , LGBTQ , Sarah Hegazi

Irate CS Kagwe blasts social media users over attack on Brenda Cherotich

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe came out guns blazing expressing rage over the social media attack on Brenda Cherotich, one of the recovered coronavirus patien...

Brenda Cherotich , coronavirus , kagwe

Facebook hosts Safer Internet Forum in Nairobi

By Citizen Reporter,

Facebook in partnership with Watoto Watch Network on Friday hosted the “Facebook for Safer Internet Forum” to demonstrate how the company and Its ...

facebook

16days: Fighting sexual harassment in African newsrooms

By Rachel Ombaka,

UN Women has kicked off 16days of activism, a campaign to end violence against women and girls around the world. It began on November 25, which is ...

#TimesUpAfriMedia , orangetheworld

Why men have more internet access worldwide

By Duncan Mutwiri,

A recent survey has shown that, globally, men are more likely to access the internet than women. In the Inclusive Internet Index compiled by the Ec...

Equileap , ICPD25 , internet access

AP officer in Kakamega Central cries out for help, blames seniors for ‘frustrating’ her

By Citizen Reporter,

A police disciplinary committee is now investigating a case where a female police officer on Friday caused a scene at the Kakamega County Commissioner...

AP , KAKAMEGA , Police , Sergeant Jane Asimitisi

Ugandan Activist sentenced for vulgar poem about President

By VOA,

In a cacophonous sentencing filled with profanity and nudity, a Ugandan court has found activist Stella Nyanzi guilty of “cyber harassment” for p...

cyber harassment , Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni , Ugandan Activist Stella Nyanzi , Vulgar Poem

BWIRE: It’s time to revisit protection of journalists in Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The mysterious circumstances surrounding journalist Azory Gwanda, in Tanzania, whose fate remains unknown are similar to what happe...

Media freedom

She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail

By CNN,

How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion ...

Bobi Wine , LGBTQ , President Yoweri Museveni , Stella Nyanzi , uganda

Kenya grapples with fake news as women, politicians take the hit

By Rachel Ombaka,

'Forwarded as received' is one of the most common statements on WhatsApp messages probably intended to quash any doubts in the recipient's mind that i...

fake news , gender forum , Online Harassment , social media , Trolls

‘Cyber flashers’ in Singapore could now get two years in prison

By CNN,

Singapore has criminalized the sending of unsolicited intimate images, or "cyber flashing," as part of a major crackdown on sexual harassment online. ...

Women still bear greatest brunt of online harassment, World Press Freedom summit told

By Rachel Ombaka,

Female journalists are more visible than ever in the digital era making them easy targets for online harassment, the World Press Freedom Day summit wa...

digital rights , Female Journalists , Online Harassment , world press freedom day

Facebook removes accounts linked to Indian political parties, Pakistan’s military

By VOA,

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts and pages linked to Indian political parties or the Pakistani military for what the company described as "co...

facebook

Journalist Maria Ressa arrested at Manila airport

By CNN,

Maria Ressa, a high-profile Philippine journalist and vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been arrested once again after being detained at ...

Maria Ressa

Senator McSally, an Air Force veteran, says she was raped by a superior officer

By Reuters,

U.S. Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the U.S. Air Force, said on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer but did n...

Senator MC Sally

Philippines journalist Maria Ressa’s court appearance postponed

By CNN,

Maria Ressa, the Philippine journalist and outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, has had her court appearance postponed, after she filed a mo...

Maria Ressa , Philippines journalist Maria Ressa's court appearance postponed

Top French journalists used Facebook group to harass women

By CNN,

Several prominent French journalists have been suspended and another could lose his job over their participation in a secret Facebook group that encou...

Cyberbullying , French journalists , sexual harrassment online

One third of U.N. workers say sexually harassed in past two years

By Reuters,

One third of U.N. staff and contractors experienced sexual harassment in the past two years, according to a report released by the United Nations on T...

2018 was the year Facebook and Twitter grew up

By CNN,

When a young person turns 18, in most countries they are considered adults, liable for their mistakes and misdeeds. 2018 was the year social media an...

Cambridge Analytica scandal , Mark Zuckerberg