The Star (Nairobi)

Kenya: Worry Over Use of Social Media to Perpetuate Hate Speech

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The social media can spread hate speech.

Some politicians are using youth to spread hate speech messages through social media. Director of public communications Mary Ombara says they are trying to regulate the use of social media to reduce the effects of divisive utterances. .

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