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Safaricom’s bulk SMS filter on hate speech now a global case study

By GATONYE GATHURA

NAIROBI, KENYA: A strategy by Safaricom to filter almost a million bulk messages for hate speech during the March elections is now a global case study on how corporates such as Facebook and Twitter can deal with incitement through their networks.

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