Announcement of 'Boln de Sarkar' hashtag campaign against social media bill

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Announcement of 'Boln de Sarkar' hashtag campaign against social media bill

Content creators and influencers of social media are raising their voices against the bill brought by the government to make social media dignified and safe. They have been opposing the bill by running a campaign called 'Boln De Sarkar' for the past few days.

Through various groups and pages of social networks, users and creators have also commented that some of the provisions of the bill are objectionable. Groups of young people related to information technology such as NCA Nepal and Pinterest Nepal on Facebook are posting various posts against the bill saying 'Our freedom of expression and democracy has been hacked'.

Social media content creators have collectively opposed the social media bill and called for its correction. Sudeep Bhai Subedi of In-Depth Story, Dipesh Tripathi of The Nepali Comment, Saroj Karki of Project Kura, Rashtra Vimochan Timalsina of Random Nepali, Vinayak Kunikel of Why So Offended and Amrit Thapa of Misguided Nepal, who have been making explainer videos on public affairs and current affairs, announced the 'Boln De Sarkar' hashtag campaign saying that they have the right to ask questions and seek accountability. have done .

Sine-Depth Story Sudeep said that some of the provisions of the bill directly interfere with freedom of expression. According to him, the bill seems to be brought with the purpose of controlling users and content creators rather than managing social networks. "Freedom of expression is a basic right in a democratic country, but the bill brought by the government is trying to stifle it," he said.

Sudeep also pointed out that there is a risk of breaching the privacy of common users with the various provisions in the bill. "They are trying to control even common activities like likes, comments, hashtags, it seems as if the government is trying to decide who to follow and who not," he said.

Announcement of 'Boln de Sarkar' hashtag campaign against social media bill

Binayak of Why So Offended has said in a YouTube video that they are trying to attack their freedom of speech by using social media. "We reject this autocratic initiative of the government through this social network," he said. Dipesh of The Nepali Comment is ready to go to jail if he wants to have the right to express his opinion, to ask questions, to protest and to seek accountability. Saroj of

project Kura has requested social media users to read the bill. Rashtra Vimochan of Random Nepali has advised to give suggestions on the bill through Parliament's website or through their MPs. They collectively say that it is necessary to speak for themselves and for democracy.

The Minister of Communication and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung registered the 'Bill to regulate the operation, use and regulation of social networks' in the National Assembly of Parliament on January 15. Gurung has said that there have been complaints to the ministry saying that social media has spread chaos, and keeping that in mind, the government is going to bring a bill for the operation, use and regulation of social media.

On Wednesday, Press Chowtari Nepal, Speaking at the convention program of Kathmandu District Committee, Minister Gurung, who is also the spokesperson of the government, said that there are mainly two types of complaints in the ministry under his leadership. "Someone comes to me with a complaint to solve the problem of the telephone network, another comes saying that they have to manage the chaos brought by social media and online," he said, "That's why it is necessary to bring a social media bill to build a civilized society." It does not interfere with press freedom and expression.'

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