The government will assess the regulatory frameworks to prevent the growth in cases of explicit content sharing on social media platforms.
On Wednesday, ICT CS Eliud Owalo stated that the ministry will implement stronger measures to remove loopholes that allow abuse of social media platforms.
Concerned about the now-popular habit of TikTok users going live during the early hours of the night -11pm to 3 am-sharing explicit content, Owalo stated that the law standards will be reviewed to protect social media users.
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"If there is a way that we should strengthen the existing policy and regulatory framework, we will go ahead and do that. If there are concerns with feasible proposals on how we can improve the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes Act 2019, we are willing to review and update the act while in partnership with other arms of government like the National Assembly," said CS Owalo
"That has guidelines within the confines of the law that we should not exploit children in the cyberspace and let us start with self-introspections as Kenyans."
The CS also urged Kenyans to accept personal responsibility and help in the battle against cybercrime, stating that because social media has entered society on such a large scale, it is difficult to keep it within the confines of the law.
The CMCA Act defines computer-related offences to provide for the fast and effective identification, prohibition, prevention, reaction, investigation, and punishment of computer and cybercrime.
Among the offences are cyber espionage, unauthorized access to ICT systems, false information publication, child pornography, identity theft, cyber harassment, and cyberterrorism.
