Quarterly Media Monitoring Report (July to September 2022)
Freedom of Expression The arrest of comedian Apoorwa Kshitiz Singh once again raised questions regarding freedom of speech; a right guaranteed by the Nepal Constitution. Singh was arbitrarily arrested on charges of attacking and defaming the Newa culture, practices...
मधेश में इन्टरनेट पहुँच, डिजिटल अधिकार आ गोपनीयता
Written by Shailee ChaudharyTranslated by Sweetie Chaurasiya बारा के सिम्रौनगढ नगरपालिका के वार्ड नम्बर ५ के वडा समिति से “अविवाहित महिला लोग के मोबाइल फोन प्रयोग में रोक लगावल आ महिला साथे लइकी लोग के इन्टरनेट के पहुँच सार्वजनिक नैतिकता वा सभ्य...
कोही किन अश्लील ?
लेखक - सानो प्रयास आफ्नो कला देखाउन, कला बढाउन, ताली र प्रशंसाहरु पाउन सबैलाई मनपर्छ । सामाजिक संजालमा ध्यान आकर्षण गर्दै लाइक्स बढाउने र भाइरल हुन चाहनेहरु पनि छन्। टिक-टक, इन्स्टा, फेसबुक आदिमा विभिन्न प्रकारले कतिले मनोरञ्जन गर्छन् भने कतिले अभिनय गरेर...
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...