bulk sms
Kenya: This Is Internet Censorship Through the Back Door OPINION By John Walubengo Last week, the Communications Authority of Kenya published draft regulations on the use of social media for political messaging in collaboration with the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC). The regulations have two components - one on bulk SMS and the other specifically for social media use within the context of political messaging . The regulations on bulk SMS are actually in their second edition. The first edition was gazetted as we went to the polls in 2013 in a clear effort to avoid the repeat of the post election violence witnessed after the 2007 general elections. Bulk SMS involves content service providers (CSP) who buy airtime in bulk from mobile operators in order to resell it to clients, such as political parties, which may wish to send out thousands of SMS or audio messages to their supporters. LANGUAGE RESTRICTIONS Such mass messages may pose a threa...