According to media reports, Facebook hosted a Women’s Safety roundtable in Kenya on February 10 with participants from NGOs, academia, women’s rights groups, and safety organisations from Kenya and across Sub-Saharan Africa to highlight how the community can work together to create a harassment-free online environment where everyone can feel safe to share and interact.
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Social media giant starts off global effort on women's safety in Kenya
The roundtable coincided with the Safer Internet Day (February 9, 2016), a 100-country effort to make the Internet a better place for everyone who uses it.
Participants at the Facebook event
The roundtable coincided with the Safer Internet Day (February 9, 2016), a 100-country effort to make the Internet a better place for everyone who uses it.
According to Innovation Village, the Kenyan roundtable was the first to be held, with others to follow in Ireland, the Middle East, India and the US. The aim was to address the issues of online harassment of women.
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“At Facebook, safety is at the centre of how we build products,” said Head of Global Safety for Facebook, Antigone Davis. “We have a community of nearly 1.6 billion people, and we work hard to develop our global policies that focus on safety, encouraging online respect, and honouring the cultural diversity of our platform. It is absolutely critical that we spend time with our partners around the world to listen and learn how we can do better as we develop our policies and educate people about how they can stay safe.”
“Facebook is an important way for people in Africa to connect and share, and we’re committed to working with our partners to ensure our community, especially women, feel safe when they use our platform,” said Ebele Okobi, Head of Public Policy Africa for Facebook. “This roundtable, our first in a global series, has proved invaluable to gaining insight to our approach in Kenya and across Sub-Sarahan Africa. We look forward to continuing the conversation in order to better reflect our community and develop the right policies.”
The theme for this year's Safer Internet Day was "Play Your Part for a Better Internet".
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