Kenya: NCIC Rolls Out Social Media Monitoring Guidelines to Curb Hate Speech

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has rolled out new social media monitoring guidelines aimed at curbing hate speech, ethnic incitement, and radical ideologies on digital platforms, as concerns grow over rising violence and political intolerance across the country.

The guidelines outline defined processes and legal limits for tracking online activity, placing emphasis on identifying, safeguarding, and producing admissible digital evidence for use in hate speech and…