That was political propaganda in 2013. Today, however, social media has ceased to be a peripheral channel for political communicators in Kenya. Mr Wangusi, however, says that the large number of websites and social media pages makes it difficult for the authority to effectively police the charged online spaces. The Data Protection Bill, 2013 is Kenya’s single piece of legislation that could help curtail large-scale harvesting of users’ data for profit. The Bill presents fines for corporate entities and individuals that collect or sell users’ data without their permission.

Source: Standard Digital June 24, 2017 15:56 UTC