Who Runs the Internet?
Written by MARi; Illustration Credit: MrigajaB "Suddenly I realize, I am hovering in the phone cloud somewhere. This is me, her, they, you, she, us. Our pictures floating in strange hands, sold in the value of discarded paper, and glass.. traded in locker rooms. I...
Internet Access, Digital Rights and Privacy in Madhesh
Author Shailee Chaudhary On 18th March 2020, Ward Committee of Ward No. 5 of Simraungadh municipality, Bara proposed and passed a rule stating “the ban on the use of mobile phones by unmarried women and a fine of NRs. 50,000/- incase found in possession of...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report on Digital Rights in Nepal (July – September 2021)
Digital Nepal and Smart Cities; Promises made, but not kept When the government launched Nagarik App, it was with the promise of making services easier and decreasing the lines at the government offices. However, some of the services take longer now after...
A Speculation on Digital Manipulation, Control, and Totalitarianism
Book Review: ‘The Circle’ by Dave Eggers Writer: Richa Bhattarai A friend was showing me how to set up sticky notes on my laptop. Suddenly, the yellow note filled with words we had not written, “Garlic, avocado, bananas…” We looked at each other, dumbfounded. And then...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report on Digital Rights in Nepal (April – June 2021)
Body & Data has been conducting media monitoring on digital rights issues since January 2021. Between January and June, Body & Data recorded 243 reports related to digital rights issues from monitoring major print and online media in Nepal. A total...
अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रता र सीमान्तीकृत
लेखक - रीता बरामु कसैले गीत–कविता लेखे त कसैले कमेडी गरे । कसैले मिम बनाए । जे–जे आउँछ र मन लाग्छ, त्यो गरे । तर समाजका पहरेदारहरूलाई सबै मान्छे बोल्न थालेपछि छटपटी भयो । सूचना प्रविधि विधेयक र योसँग जोडेर नागरिक अधिकार, अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रता,...
डिजिटल संसारमा हाम्रो अधिकार
लेखक - रीता बरामु जसरी समाजमा कमजोर पारिएका वर्गमाथि हुने हिंसाको जड सामाजिक संरचनासँग जोडिएको छ त्यसरी नै अनलाइनमा हुने हिंसा पनि त्यसकै प्रतिफल हो भनेर बुझ्न कुनै गाह्रो छैन । विगतमा कहिले लोकसेवा, कहिले प्राइभेट जागिरको तयारी र कहिले कलेजको...
I am Still Learning
Illustration by: angry.colours Author: Nuva Rai One day during the COVID lockdown, I was bored so I took some selfies with instagram filters. Only while going through them in my gallery I realized that most of the filters that I put on to look/feel 'beautiful' had...
अभिव्यक्ति हाम्रो अधिकार
गायक सोफिया थापाको हालै सार्बजनिक “अबको तीज नो ब्रत प्लीज” भन्ने गीतलाई लिएर विभिन्न धार्मिक संगठनहरुले उनी माथि धर्म संस्कृति विगार्न खोजेको अरोपमा गीतको आलोचना सहित ज्यान मार्ने धम्की दिनु र हाइलाइट्स नेपालले सो गीतलाई प्राइभेट बनाउनु भनेको...
मञ्जुरी विना हुने अनलाइन हिंसा
हामीकहाँ सम्बन्धमा ‘कन्सेन्ट’ अर्थात् सहमति र मञ्जुरीका कुरा त्यति बहसमा आउने गर्दैन । प्रेम सम्बन्धलाई त्यति खुला रूपमा नस्वीकार्ने र यौनलाई अश्लील मानिने हुँदा यस्ता विषयको बहस घोषित/अघोषित रूपमा सतहमा आउन पाएको छैन । त्यसो त व्यक्ति–व्यक्तिबीच असमान शक्ति...