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"speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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"content": "Today, if you look at Meta platforms like Instagram (IG), you cannot pinpoint where transparency is in terms of data collection, storage and usage. There is also no transparency on processing activities of the data that we see where massive young and even older people get on this platform. You can further look at it in terms of transfer of that data from within and without Kenya. Within Kenya, perhaps, you can force TikTok and other platforms to comply with the generic laws in the Data Protection Act but what happens when that data is transferred outside? Does it meet the data protection safeguards outside this country, and what are the compliance metrics that our data protection organisations and Government institutions have to make sure that these kinds of platforms comply with the safeguards that are established within, for example, China, United States (US) and Ireland? This is something that must be looked at from an impact assessment perspective. When you look at countries that have made strides like the US, they have data localisation. There is some form of data that cannot be transferred outside their borders and be exploited more broadly as we see with young people in this country. That also goes with things like content moderation and standards. Even though some social media platforms like TikTok have got what I would call industrial or company policies that we can buttress on the issue of data protection, there is no way of incorporating the Kenyan culture and---"
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