The word “sitting ducks” comes to mind, but I know we are all sitting tight and waiting for the dust to settle or not to even begin thinking or acting …So it is all hush hush right? On December 10, 2025, Australia will enforce one of the boldest moves in digital safety history: social media […]
By Evelyn Kasina – Trust and Safety Specialist, Child Online Protection Advocate On July 25, 2025, the UK took a historic step in safeguarding children online. Technology Secretary Peter Kyle publicly apologised to an entire generation of children who had been exposed to toxic online content, acknowledging that political inaction had left them vulnerable for […]
Published: August 14, 2025 Effective: September 13, 2025 Announcement made by TikTok’s Safety and Outreach Teams. TikTok is committed to ensuring its platform remains safe, inclusive, and trustworthy for all users. As part of this commitment, we are introducing a series of updates to our Community Guidelines to better address emerging risks, improve transparency, […]
On June 26, 2025, Johannesburg, South Africa, played host to a landmark event in the digital wellness space—the My Kind of TikTok Digital Well-Being Summit. This first-of-its-kind gathering brought together creators, mental health professionals, NGOs, and policymakers from across Sub-Saharan Africa to advance a shared vision: a safer, kinder, and more mentally healthy digital […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all!!! I am a proud Kenyan, a mother and in my professional life I am Trust and Safety expert specialising in child safeguarding and protection. From the Founders Desk, I have a few thoughts on our current state of the Nation. Let’s take off! […]
As a Trust and Safety practitioner specialising in child online safety and digital well-being, I’ve attended numerous conferences, but none have resonated with me as profoundly as the recent Shield Online Safety Conference. Over two exhilarating days, I connected with global experts, shared actionable insights, and left energised by the collective commitment to creating safer […]
A few weeks ago, we woke up to news on a 14 YO boy who committed suicide after falling in love with an AI Chat Bot called Character.AI . Incase you missed this news, catch it and others stories making headlines on our recent blog post – https://eveminet.co.ke/reflecting-on-a-transformative…/ Further to this, as a Trust and […]
Imagine a bustling highway, not governed by stop lights and traffic rules, but by each driver’s internal compass. Sounds chaotic, right? That’s the crux of self-regulation, navigating our actions based on internal guidance rather than external constraints. But just like that highway analogy, trust and safety hang precariously in the balance. So, what does self-regulation […]
It was not only a sigh of relief in early 2022, but joy when the world opened up after the devastation of the Covid 19 pandemic. We had been accustomed to wearing masks and sanitising our hands. It was such a shift thereafter but a welcomed change altogether. For Kenya, this came at the height […]
The Communications Authority of Kenya celebrated its 3rd Annual national Cyber Security Conference themed: Securing Tomorrow: Collaboration for a Thriving Digital Nation Dr. Vincent Ngundi, The Ag. Director Cybersecurity and Head of National KE-CIRT/CC, began by inviting the audience, participants and partners, he then shared an overview of the Global Cyber Security Landscape and […]
