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Facebook, WhatsApp groups admins to seek CA clearance

Malava MP Malulu Injendi, the Bill's sponsor. [Boniface Otieno, Standard]

Facebook and WhatsApp group administrators could soon be required to obtain licences from the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) before setting up social media groups.

In some of the most radical proposals to regulate the social media in the country, a Bill headed to Parliament this week proposes that users and group administrators who allow offending content on their social media platforms be jailed.

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