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Ujjwal Acharya
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Journalist, Freelance
Kathmandu
Beats
Biography
I worked as Digital Editor for AnnapurnaPost.com - a news website and sister wing of Annapurna Post daily newspaper. I planned and set up the Annapurna Digital, that looks after digital operation. I also planned and set up MyRepublica.com, the website for Republica. In between I worked for UNESCO Kathmandu Office as Communication & Information Unit Consultant as a sabbatical from journalism. I spent 8 years at The Kathmandu Post working in almost every section but when I left it, I was Co-ordinator of Sports Bureau. I am also one of Nepal's earliest blogger.
InterviewPolitical Social Issue Human Rights Violence
Sports, Bollywood, Hollywood
Content
Social Media Bill 2025: Undemocratic Bill Threatens Fundamental Freedoms in Nepal, Needs Major Rework
By Ujjwal Acharya Verified| Medium@ Ujjwal Acharya·Follow10 min read·--Cartoonist Rabi Mishra’s interpretation of Nepal’s social media bill. The text says Social Media Bill and the character depicted is Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, on behalf of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Nepal’s Government, registered the bill titled “Social Media Act, 2081” in the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament, on January 28, 2025.
By Ujjwal Acharya Verified| The Kathmandu Post Verified The current discourse surrounding social media regulations is focused on bringing those platforms under legal and taxation framework. However, a critical aspect missing in the efforts to regulate them is how to safeguard our interests around the democratic information landscape and hold them accountable for, or at least make them support intervention to minimise, the problems they may aggravate. Regulation of social media platforms is a widely discussed topic worldwide.
Social Media Bill 2025: Undemocratic Bill Threatens Fundamental Freedoms in Nepal, Needs Major Rework
By Ujjwal Acharya Verified| Medium@ Ujjwal Acharya·Follow10 min read·--Cartoonist Rabi Mishra’s interpretation of Nepal’s social media bill. The text says Social Media Bill and the character depicted is Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, on behalf of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Nepal’s Government, registered the bill titled “Social Media Act, 2081” in the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament, on January 28, 2025.
Company Info
Freelance
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