Police intensify crackdown on social media misinformation and rumours
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- Nepal police have intensified social media monitoring to curb misinformation and rumours during the Bhotekoshi flood crisis.
- Police arrested 24-year-old Birendra Madai over an alleged social media post.
Nepal police have intensified monitoring of social media platforms as authorities seek to curb misinformation, rumours and misleading content that could undermine social harmony.
The crackdown comes amid the ongoing crisis caused by the Bhotekoshi floods. Police arrested 24-year-old Birendra Madai on Sunday over an alleged social media post.
Madai is from Surnaya Rural Municipality-7 in Baitadi and currently lives in Balambu, in Kathmandu’s Chandragiri Municipality-12.
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