Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung has said that terrorism, anarchy and autocracy are enemies of democracy and press freedom.

Inaugurating the Lomanthang International Media Summit in Lalitpur today by the Central Committee of the Nepal Press Union, he stressed on the need to improve the working style to strengthen democracy and freedom of the press. 

"The summit on democracy, freedom of the press and climate change is important, I see challenges in democracy, people's opinion should be strong in democratic governance, when democracy is weak, press freedom is weak", he said. 

Discussing the relationship between democracy and freedom of the press, Minister Gurung emphasized that attention should be paid to how the society benefits from the freedom of the press. He said, "False information is being spread online, it is challenging to control it. The entire media world should unite against those who weaken democracy by spreading false information on religious tolerance and cultural diversity.

The Minister of Communication and Information Technology said that we should work in an integrated manner to prevent the effects of climate change. This strengthens democracy.

Minister Gurung emphasized on the establishment of rule of law and fair journalism and informed that arrangements are being made to bring online media under the scope of self-regulation in the Media Council Bill. As soon as the press is mentioned, the print media is understood more, online media too  It's the press, the problem is online," he said, presenting the example of more than 200 million frauds last month, saying that it is necessary to regulate social media.