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Why Kenya Facebook WiFi hotspots raise eyebrows
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing over Facebook’s data breaches in Washington, DC, last week. PHOTO | AFP
US social media giant Facebook has confirmed it is collecting extra levels of personal information in Kenya, across both Facebook and non-Facebook users, from access points for the Express WiFi service, now in place in more than 20 towns across the country in 1,000 hotspots.
This is despite the fact that the data collection and transmission is unlicensed, with the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) confirming that it has never been informed of the direct data gathering, which represents a potential breach of Kenyan regulations.
