In summary
- The board has expressed concerns over the increase in streaming of live video sessions of explicit adult shows in blatant breach of the laws of the land.
- Wambua says that they are monitoring social media with the view of collecting evidence for transmission to the directorate of criminal investigations for prosecution.
“At the same time, some social media users are increasingly misusing digital apps to host and stream live video sessions of explicit adult shows in blatant breach of the laws of the land,” said Wambua.
“Indeed some apps are being transformed into digital brothels from midnight onwards. Equally worrying is the non-consensual dissemination of intimate images or videos of individuals in violation of privacy laws,” he said.
The board has expressed concerns over the increase in streaming of live video sessions of explicit adult shows in blatant breach of the laws of the land.
Wambua says that they are monitoring social media with the view of collecting evidence for transmission to the directorate of criminal investigations for prosecution.
“It is important to note that the board has been and shall continue to monitor various platforms with a view to collecting evidence for onward transmission to the DCI for prosecution,” he said.
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The law on sharing explicit content
Offenders found guilty of sharing explicit content risk a two year jail term, a fine of Ksh. 200,000 or both.
Section 37 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act states, “a person who transfers, publishes or disseminates, including making 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 and offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Ksh. 200,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.”
The warning from KFBC comes against a backdrop of uproar from women leaders in the country who claim that they are being targeted by the perpetrators.
Last week Suba North MP. Millicent Odhiambo proposed the amendment of the law seeking life imprisonment of the perpetrators.
