📣November 2025 brought attention to Nepal’s rapidly shifting digital landscape where expanding cybercrime, debates on regulation, and questions of trust in digital governance dominated public discourse. This month’s media monitoring captures how digital rights, political expression, and

🍀The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is a regional platform for dialogue, collaboration, and exchange on Internet governance. Body & Data participated in the APrIGF 2025 which took place virtually. At this meeting, we held a workshop called “Which animal are you?”

✨Body & Data was at CREA RECONFERENCE 2025! ✊It was an incredible experience, defined by insightful discussions, engaging workshops, and the opportunity to build meaningful connections with activists from across the region.

How are students using AI in their schoolwork? Do schools have AI policies? How confident and safe do students feel using AI? The WPI research team and Body & Data collaborated on a study examining the use of generative AI in educational contexts.

🌟 OPEN ALL YEAR LONG 🌟 Share your opinions and lived experiences in digital spaces. Our collective struggles and victories create powerful knowledge. Our blogs invite those pushed to the margins to center themselves in a digital world—start writing today! ✏️

✨On the International Day of Person with Disabilities, we would like to share a snippet from our research "Beyond Access" where one of the participants shares their experience as a home based disability activist.

Reflecting on our progress, aligning goals, and planning for the next quarter with care. Grateful for collective insights and shared commitment to digital rights. Excited to turn these plans into meaningful action✨

Call for Proposals: From Movement to Election - Pathways to Digital Justice 📅 Application Deadline: December 3, 2025 Apply now! 📄 Form Link: files.bodyanddata.org/nextcloud/in... 📝 Concept Note: drive.google.com/file/d/1TqEa...

📣On the month of October 2025 we reviewed news focusing on Nepal’s digital landscape. The news was centered around elections, identity politics, misinformation, and cyber risks collided.

📣अक्टोबर २०२५ मा हामीले निर्वाचन, पहिचान, राजनीति, भ्रामक सूचना र साइबर जोखिमसँग सम्बन्धित नेपालका डिजिटल समाचारहरूको समीक्षा गर्‍यौँ। 📡यस संस्करणमा समेटिएका विषयहरू: 📃निर्वाचन र डिजिटल पूर्वाधार 📃राज्यको आदिवासी पहिचानप्रतिको राज्यको दृष्टिकोण र भ्रामक सूचना

Body & Data organised a workshop entitled "Algorithms & AI: Feminist Learning Lab" from November 7-9, 2025, to further feminist perspectives and feminist use of artificial intelligence. We are very grateful for the unmatched enthusiasm, time, and effort of our participants!

📣 सेप्टेम्बर २०२५ मा नेपालको डिजिटल लोकतन्त्र सेन्सरशिप, गलत सूचना, र साइबर अपराधजस्ता विषयहरू परिक्षणमा परेको थियो। हाम्रो मासिक मिडिया मोनिटरिङमा, बढ्दो सामाजिक र राजनीतिक तनावको सन्दर्भमा डिजिटल अधिकार, सुरक्षा र सुशासनबीचको द्वन्द्व बढ्दै गएको देखियो।

📣In September 2025, Nepal's digital democracy was tested by issues of censorship, misinformation, and cybercrime. In our monthly media monitoring, we saw rise in friction among digital rights, security, and governance in the context of escalating social and political tensions.

🤖How can we engage with Artificial Intelligence through a feminist lens? How do algorithms shape our digital realities- and how can we reclaim agency within them? Link: files.bodyanddata.org/nextcloud/in...

🔔Body & Data has conducted a media monitoring and analysis of the initial coverage of the September 2025 Nepal 'Gen-Z Protest,' a significant youth-led movement against corruption and nepotism.

⚠️Nepal's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has banned 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Discord, for failing to register under the country's Directives for Managing the Use of Social Networks, 2023.

⚠️ Ministry of Information, Communication, and Technology of Nepal directed ban on all online platforms that failed to register under Directives for Managing the Use of Social Networks, which came into effect today, on September 5, 2025.

🚀 Our new report, "Nepal's Biometric Present: Governance, Accessibility, and Accountability" is out! 🤖Nepal’s National ID (NID) project, introduced in 2018, promised to create a unified digital identity for all citizens through biometric enrollment.

📣We are excited to share that Dovan Rai from the Body & Data team recently appeared on the Sushant Pradhan Podcast 🎙️ to discuss the future of AI in Nepal. She explores Nepal's ongoing digital revolution 💻, the socio-technological evolution of AI, AI ethics and machine learning bias.

🌐The Social Network Bill, 2081 has been open to suggestions- take charge and protect your digital and social futures!

📣 जुलाई २०२५ मा नेपालको डिजिटल परिदृश्य गम्भीर निगरानीमा रह्यो, किनभने गोपनीयता उल्लङ्घन, अनलाइन सेन्सरशिप, प्रविधि-मार्फत हुने उत्पीडन, डिजिटल ठगी, र भ्रामक सूचना जस्ता चुनौतीहरूले सतही रूपमा मात्र नभई तत्कालिक समस्या उठाए। यस महिनाको मिडिया अनुगमनले देखाउँछ कि प्रविधिले समुदायलाई सशक्त पनि बनाउँछ र उजागर पनि गर्छ, जसले कानूनी सुरक्षा, डिजिटल आचारसंहिता, र जवाफदेहितामा रहेका खाडलहरू प्रस्ट्याउँछ।

📣July 2025 saw Nepal’s digital landscape under intense scrutiny, as privacy breaches, online censorship, technology-facilitated harassment, digital scams, and misinformation brought urgent challenges to the forefront.

⚖️What are the potential risks of the Social Network Bill, 2025? 😨 As one respondent in our survey noted, the bill's lack of clarity "allows the government to penalise anyone, which is dangerous."

Firefly, in her blog, shares the painful realization that what she faced wasn’t just bullying but digital violence and mental torment. Her story calls on us to recognize how deeply online harm can affect lives. Read the full article: bodyanddata.org/not-just-a-r...

✨Join us as in our gangan advocacy to transform the Social Network Bill! 🔗Nepali Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔗English Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

On July 17 and 18, Body & Data organized a Bill-a-thon on the Social Network Bill 2081. This two-day event brought together diverse stakeholders with the intention of enhancing public participation in this critical policy-making process.

Meet the Writer, Firefly Through her blog, Firefly opens up about navigating online abuse and reclaiming digital spaces. Her voice sheds light on the need for an internet that is inclusive, safe, and empowering especially for women often targeted online. 🔗 Read more: bodyanddata.org/not-just-a-r...

Advocate for changes to the Social Network Bill through any medium– research, art (spoken word, poetry, installations, performance art, etc.), and more! Share your voices and help us reimagine digital governance in Nepal.

"सामाजिक सञ्जाल विधेयक, २०८१" को रुपान्तरण गर्नका लागि अनुसन्धान, अध्ययन, कला, कविता आदि इत्यादि जस्ता विभिन्न माध्यममार्फत सहभागी हुनुहोस् । यस कार्यक्रमको लक्ष्य निगरानीमा आधारित, अत्यधिक अपराधीकरण गर्ने र दमनकारी डिजिटल शासन भन्दा फरक समानता तथा आम जनता र विषेश गरी सिमान्तकृत समुदायहरुको ज्ञान र अनुभवमा आधारित कानुनको लागि पैरवी गर्नु हो।

🔔 २०८२ साल साउन २, शुक्रबारका दिन नेपाल दूरसञ्चार प्राधिकरणले टेलिग्रामको प्रयोगमाथि पूर्णरुपले प्रतिबन्ध लगाएको थियो। यस निर्देशनले टेलिग्रामको पहुँचमा देशभरीका दूरसञ्चार र इन्टरनेट सेवा प्रदायकहरूले तुरुन्तै रोक लगाउनु पर्ने दायित्व सिर्जना गरेको छ। बडी & डाटाको कार्यकारी निर्देशक मोनिकाले नेपालमा टेलिग्राम प्रतिबन्धको प्रभावको बारेमा कान्तिपुरसँग गर्नु भएको वार्तालाप यसै लिंक मार्फत पढ्नुहोस! ekantipur.com/news/2025/07...

✨Our 2024 Annual Report is Here! ✨ 2024 was a year of transition — a time of re-rooting ourselves in our feminist foundations while reimagining our horizons. 🔗 Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/19eJN...

As of Friday, July 18, 2025, the Government of Nepal, through the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), has officially banned the messaging application Telegram.

📣नेपाली मिडियामा जुन २०२५ महिनामा डीजिटल अधिकार सम्बन्धि कस्ता बिषयबस्तु, संदेश र प्रबित्ति प्राथमिकतामा परे अनि प्रविधी र इन्टरनेटसंग सम्बन्धित हाम्रो मानवाधिकारको स्वरूप कस्तो देखिन्छ भन्ने छलफल र बहस पस्किनका लागि हामीले यस समिक्षा तयार पारेका छौं ।

📣As Nepal’s digital ecosystem expands, so do concerns around privacy, freedom of expression, and online safety. We have prepared this review to initiate discussion related to digital rights that dominated Nepali media throughout the month of May.

Factum, SL organized Electoral, Platform, and Information Integrity Summit of the Global South. Representing Body & Data, Dovan Rai presented country profile and participated in panel "Legal and ContentBases Solutions to Uphold Electoral and Information Integrity" 🔗 docs.google.com/presentation...

The SADR Coalition brings together digital rights defenders from across South Asia to build collective resistance and solidarity. Thank you Online Khabar for covering this important regional collaboration! english.onlinekhabar.com/sadr-coaliti...

Unsolicited nudes are not flirtation, they are harassment. This post explores how digital abuse is often normalized and dismissed, especially when women don't respond “appropriately.” It's time we recognize the psychological impact of such acts and call them what they truly are.

We’re excited to announce the launch of the South Asians for Digital Rights (SADR) Coalition — a collective effort across South Asia to strengthen digital rights and cross-border solidarity. A big thank you to TechPana for covering this important milestone! techpana.com/2025/151549

Unsolicited Nudes Are Not Flirtation, they’re Abuse. Binisha Maharjan shares her story of digital harassment and calls for awareness around tech-facilitated gender-based violence. 📖 Read the full article: [Link in bio] bodyanddata.org/unsolicited-...

बडी एण्ड डाटाले २०२४ को मिडिया मनिटरिङ प्रतिवेदन सार्वजनिक गरेको छ। यो प्रतिवेदनमा नेपालमा देखिएका प्रमुख डिजिटल प्रवृत्तिहरू, सामाजिक सञ्जालमा उदाउँदै गरेका दृष्टिकोणहरू, र गम्भीर डिजिटल अधिकारसम्बन्धी मुद्दाहरू समेटिएका छन्। डिजिटल संसार कसरी बदलिँदो छ र यसले हाम्रा अधिकार, पहुँच र जवाफदेहितामा कस्तो प्रभाव पारिरहेको छ भन्ने बुझ्न यो हाम्रो निरन्तर प्रयासको एक हिस्सा हो। लिंक : bodyanddata.org/ne/mm2024/

Digital repression knows no borders. Neither should resistance. We’ve come together across South Asia to launch the South Asians for Digital Rights (SADR) Coalition — a united front for digital rights and cross-border solidarity.

📣📡 As Nepal’s digital ecosystem expands, so do concerns around privacy, freedom of expression, and online safety. We have prepared this review to initiate discussion and debate related to digital rights that dominated Nepali media throughout the month of May.

🚨सामाजिक सञ्जाल विधेयकले सबै सामाजिक सञ्जाल-प्लेटफर्महरूका लागि लाइसेन्स प्रक्रिया अनिवार्य गरेको छ। यो पोस्टले सो प्रक्रियाको विस्तृत विवरण दिन्छ, जसमा आवश्यक चरणहरू र पालना गर्नुपर्ने कागजातहरू उल्लेख गरिएका छन्।

जब सरकारी विधेयकहरूमा अपरिभाषित शब्द तथा अस्पष्ट भाषा प्रयोग हुन्छ, कानुनको असमान कार्यान्वयन हुने गर्छ। विभिन्न निकाय तथा राष्ट्रहरूले एकै प्रवृत्तिको कानुनलाई पनि विभिन्न तरिकाले परिभाषित तथा कार्यान्वयन गर्ने गर्छन् । यस भिन्नताका कारणले कानुनको अभाव सिर्जना भई, अनपेक्षित परिणामहरू पनि सिर्जना हुन्छन्, जसले गर्दा कानुनमा अन्तरनिहित यस अस्पष्टतालाई केही व्यक्तिहरूले आफ्नो फाइदाका लागि प्रयोग गर्ने मौका पाउँछन्।

सामाजिक सञ्जाल विधेयक, २०८१ मा परिभाषित गरिएका र छुटाइएका शब्दहरू बुझ्नु आजको डिजिटल युगमा अत्यन्त जरूरी छ। तपाईंको अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रता, गोपनीयता र डिजिटल अधिकारमाथि यसको के असर पर्छ भन्ने कुरा जान्न जरुरी छ।

Did you fill out the survey about the Social Network Bill?

सामाजिक सञ्जाल विधेयक, २०८१ मा उल्लेखित प्रमुख शब्दहरूको अर्थ प्रस्ट हुनु आजको आवश्यकता हो। ह्याकदेखि हेट स्पीच, फिसिङदेखि सेक्सटोर्सनसम्म — यी सबै अब कानुनी सन्दर्भमा स्पष्ट छन्। जागरूक नागरिकका लागि यी परिभाषाहरू जान्नु अनिवार्य छ। अझ बुझ्नका लागि पोस्ट पूरा पढ्नुहोस्।

✍️ Call for Writers! Are you navigating the digital world with unique stories to tell? We want to hear from YOU!

✨Our monthly "Chiya Charcha" gatherings continued this month with a special in-house session.✨ It was a valuable opportunity for our team to come together, reflect and plan. We are incredibly excited to watch our shared vision become a reality, and we invite you to follow our journey!💖

🚨बडी एण्ड डाटाले "सामाजिक सञ्जाल विधेयक" बारे नेपालभरका इन्टरनेट प्रयोगकर्ताहरूबाट विविध दृष्टिकोणहरू सङ्कलन गरिरहेको छ। यो प्रस्तावित कानुनलाई कसरी हेरिएको छ भन्ने बुझ्न तपाईंको प्रतिक्रिया अत्यावश्यक छ, विशेष गरी सीमान्तकृत समुदाय र युवाहरूका डिजिटल अधिकार, पहिचान, सुरक्षा आवश्यकताहरू, अनुभवहरू र चिन्ताहरूको सन्दर्भमा। files.bodyanddata.org/nextcloud/in...