Kenya: NCIC Issues 7-Day Ultimatum to Facebook to Comply With Hate Speech Regulations or Be Suspended

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Kenya Gives Facebook --Day Deadline to Crack Down on Hate Speech CapitalFMKenya: Kenya

- an international Non-Governmental Organization - that revealed the Mark Zuckerberg platform had failed to regulate Kenya's hate speech content in the country ahead of the August high-stake polls.

The Global Witness report raised serious concerns that Facebook had failed to do more in detecting hate speech content on their platform. According to Commissioner Makori, the acts by Facebook contravene"our Constitution, NCIC Act and the Communication Act of Kenya".

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