A win for slayqueens as court outlaws section of the Law that criminalizes sharing of obscene content online

A court makes a ruling on a section of the Law that previously prohibited the sharing of obscene content via the Internet.

The ruling now allows slay queens to freely post whatever they desire without having to feel insecure of the Law´s boundaries.

Instagram has been a victim of the Law with people´s accounts getting suspended without hope of reinstatement.

COURT OUTLAWS section of Communication Act, KICA, which criminalises sharing obscene information online, says it limits freedom of expression. pic.twitter.com/WmZJ0M7tls

— Nation Breaking News (@NationBreaking) July 31, 2019

In January, a consortium of adult film performers, models and activists engaged in a protest outside the Facebook-owned Instagram headquarters, Silicon Valley before being addressed.

According to a spokeswoman from Instagram;

It’s important for us to hear directly from people in the Instagram community.

A local scenario is of the popular Kenyan controversial blogger, Robert Alai who faced criminal charges in July for sharing images of slain police officers following an Al-Shabaab attack in Wajir.

A time police spokesperson, Charles Owino defined such an act as one seeking to glorify the scathing acts of terrorism.

According to Section 37 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act,

a person who transfers, publishes or disseminates, including a digital depiction available for distribution or downloading through a telecommunications network or through any other means of transferring data to a computer, the intimate or obscene image of another person commits an offence and is liable, on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

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Kenyans are neither here nor there, some applauding the move while others feel disgruntled about it all.

Ongesa volume

????????????????????????… this courts tho

Good News

Thanks to the constitution of Kenya

So does it mean @RobertAlai goes “Luo Free”?

Hongera Nyakundi.

These courts!????