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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

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How A2P Continues to be a Key Communication Tool for the Service Sector Enterprise application to person (A2P) is a leading-edge technology that sends short messaging services ( SMS ), using a unique application system. A2P generated SMS are usually compatible with all mobile handsets and supports popular operating systems such as iOS, Android, Symbian and Windows. Considering the expanding base of mobile subscribers, A2P SMS technology is likely to get more popular in the years to come. Currently, the BFSI sector has emerged as one prominent end-users of A2P messaging and is expected to have more application of the technology as time progresses. Transactional notifications such as one time password (OTP) can be a leading example of A2P messaging service . Some of the other primary applications of A2P SMS include inquiry and search-related services , pushed content services , customer relationship manager (CRM), business services , marketing /promotional campaigns and interact