Tag: Telecoms
Why Kenyans should say no to biometrics for SIM card registry
30 Jun 2022
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Your Kenya SIM card should not come with a demand for your personal biometrics.
The government or the people. Telecoms firms trapped in internet shutdowns
22 Jul 2019
Election watch: If Kenya orders an internet shutdown, will telcos help #KeepItOn?
26 Jul 2017
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Kenya’s telcos have both the duty and capacity to push back against any government orders for a network disruption. Here’s how they can do it.
Mobile World Congress can do better on human rights
14 Mar 2017
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The largest conference on mobile technology should more inclusive, and demonstrate more awareness of how the tech impacts human rights.
Transparency report update: more companies share information about requests for user data
11 May 2015
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This year, 11 companies published transparency reports for the first time, including Snapchat, Kickstarter, and GitHub. We take a look at the information that some of these companies are sharing (or not sharing), and the implications for users’ rights.
No, the U.S. isn’t ‘giving up control’ of the Internet
20 Mar 2014