{"id":414933,"date":"2025-08-15T12:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=414933"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:40:38","slug":"prime-minister-oli-calls-for-social-media-regulation-at-digital-nepal-conclave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/08\/15\/414933.html","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Oli calls for social media regulation at Digital Nepal Conclave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-414934 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/d818ee6c-9ba7-4eea-b647-ac12c4966e57-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/d818ee6c-9ba7-4eea-b647-ac12c4966e57-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/d818ee6c-9ba7-4eea-b647-ac12c4966e57-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/d818ee6c-9ba7-4eea-b647-ac12c4966e57-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/d818ee6c-9ba7-4eea-b647-ac12c4966e57.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"><strong>August 15, Kathmandu:<\/strong> Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli announced that all social media platforms operating in Nepal must follow the country\u2019s laws. Speaking at the Digital Nepal Conclave 2025, organised by the ICT Foundation in Lalitpur, he emphasised that social media companies need to register, pay taxes, and meet legal responsibilities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">PM Oli revealed he has instructed the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to enforce these regulations. He stressed that the government must be aware of all information technology transactions in Nepal. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The PM said the government is committed to supporting the growth of this sector, encouraging both local and foreign investment, and standing with businesses to boost confidence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">PM Oli highlighted the rapid rise of information technology, sharing how elderly women in remote Rukum villages used Facebook during his Pushpalal Mid-Hill Highway trip. He noted Nepal\u2019s potential for digital technology and green energy, urging the use of artificial intelligence to drive development and prosperity<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">He mentioned that over 150,000 students benefited from last year\u2019s online SEE teaching program, improving results. Oli called for using mobile technology for education and development while protecting children. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">He added that the government recently passed an AI policy to transform development through technology. PM <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1x3r274 r-p1pxzi\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Oli affirmed the government\u2019s focus on stability, good governance, and using information technology for development, promising to encourage private sector involvement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 15, Kathmandu: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli announced that all social media platforms operating in Nepal must follow the country\u2019s laws. Speaking at the Digital Nepal Conclave 2025, organised by the ICT Foundation in Lalitpur, he emphasised that social media companies need to register, pay taxes, and meet legal responsibilities. PM Oli revealed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":414934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-414933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414936,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414933\/revisions\/414936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414933"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=414933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}