Pope Francis awarded the Journalism Award - Misinformation is the "first sin" of journalism. Any "misleading information and news" that is spread with the intention of influencing diplomacy or public opinion is criminalized by the Pope.
A 30-year-old Catholic who became head of the Catholic faith in 2013 is considered to be a clear teaching of the Pope. "False information, when journalism tells a bad way or informed slander (sometimes this is used in newspapers) defamation, which is different from slander but insulting someone's honor and fourth corruption are the four main wrongs of journalism. "For example, I am concerned about the use of misleading news media to manipulate public opinion."
Free publicity
Elephants in China and India are spreading in the shape of the Chapunic dragon-shaped drawing line. Nepalese leader NB Kata, N Kata, also felt that it will become more powerful. Main leaders talk about profiteering, good governance, human rights, democracy and false propaganda. This is the reason why the world's rights are decaying. The crisis is growing.
The question of human rights raised as a result of the people's war, state involvement in human trafficking cases in the name of fake Bhutanese refugees, criminal and political involvement in the legal system, massive losses and accidents affecting international relations are issues. Good governance and security arrangements have been ignored. The international community has caused widespread doubt in Nepal's view of the defendant. Political leadership will strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation, and the distortion of decision-making democracy will show the impact of determination. Still, it is a wonder that democracy is getting stronger.
Tibetans were given asylum, Nepal could never be serious about their rights and interests. Bhutanese refugees were given asylum in third countries, but the political and administrative leadership was charged with the crime of human trafficking in their name. Countless crimes like treason have been committed in security matters. Ex-Prime Ministers, Home Ministers, advisers, even their sons were involved in such crimes of making the state fake. Even though the victims filed a complaint with the American government and the investigation was started after pressure from the American government, they are trying to round up the investigation. It is natural for the US to be interested in the complaint because the US has a large investment and support in Nepal. It is also connected with the security and relations of the state.
However, Nepal has not been able to assure the international community that brutal action will be taken against misdeeds and misinformation. On the contrary, false and misleading propaganda is being done. If we remember the Pope's statement, rulers, administrators and media are still committing 'sins'.
On the one hand, instability in the country, extreme economic crisis, and on the other hand false propaganda, the image of Nepal is getting blurred. Buddha, Mount Everest, ordinary people cannot wash away this foggy image.
It is the misfortune of Nepal that the information about the country that is seen as miserable in the report of Human Rights and Transparency International is a country of corruption, a country where mafia-terrorists get shelter, a country that protects crime, a country that is discriminatory under the influence of communists, and an impunity country that is politicized even in law. Democracy is there but Nepal is a failing country.
Constant vigilance towards democracy
Various officials, ministers, from Senator Chris Van, influential in foreign affairs to Dean Thompson, Ambassador to Nepal, seem to be extending a helping hand in the development of Nepal's development infrastructure, the employment of Nepalese people who have been deprived of cotton, and the education, culture, and politics of Nepal's youth. An e-course has also been conducted in all seven provinces to identify misses and disinformation and the effects of such information. In reality, America is seen as a supportive role in building a society with democratic dignity and glory in Nepal.
In the political and business partnership between Nepal and America, wrong propaganda has been spread from the north and south of Nepal. Whether it was the recently completed joint exercise of the Nepalese and American forces or the visit to the US at the invitation of the counterpart of the Commander-in-Chief, there were rumors that the US army had come and that the US had built a military camp in Nepal under the name of MCC. Nepal requested, America helped in infrastructure such as health and electricity and roads through grants, what is the point of blaming America for this?
But India and China are engaged in false propaganda to strain relations with Nepal-USA or other countries. China seems to be opening up. China understands that the MCC is an American plan to encircle China. Nepali organizations sponsored by China, involving 15 Nepalis, are operating against America. He never saw the ideas of how Nepal will be developed from underdeveloped.
The government of Nepal did not seem to be wary of such misinformation. However, some ministers of the Maoist-led government and their party leaders never get tired of opposing America.
Katie Lanzin wrote the article "Fake News Spreads Faster Than True News..." in Social Science on March 8, 2018. According to him, false news is tweeted 70 percent more than true news on social media. The study of Adhyata Soras Bhasogi, Deb Royand and Sinan Eral has said that social networks play a greater role in spreading false information. In the past twelve years, when information on Twitter was investigated by six independent fact-checking organizations, 126,000 fake news were shared by 3 million people 45 million times. However, it was found that the correct news hardly reached 1,000. Such a trend is very frightening in the developing Nepalese society.
This shows how the epidemic of misinformation has spread on the Internet, digital media and social media.
Nepal seems to be more affected by misinformation and disinformation. The greed of earning by increasing the views on YouTube has also been used to mislead by speaking out loud and false information. There has been an increase in the deliberate dissemination and dissemination of false information. Being misled by false information, we easily mislead and make assumptions about nationalism and international relations. Similar false news about MCC and APP propagated under the influence of North caused huge damage. Delivering.
Negative information is more viral on social media. In the US presidential election 2016 or 2020, bad things got more likes and comments. In the UK's Brexit referendum, it was seen that the same group shared more shares. Regarding Nepal, MCC's negative things were heard more. This is not the case with BRI or China's Nepal policy. Time has confirmed that while MCC is a grant, BRI i.e. Pokhara Airport is a debt trap of China.
A survey conducted by the Center for Media Research-Nepal in 2019 also stated that 95 percent of Nepali Internet users are at risk of 'disinformation'. During the covid epidemic, the spread of unconfirmed and false information was even more intense, which was spread a lot before the MCC was passed. This happened when the representative of the people hesitated to clarify.
Fake news is a threat to a democratic society. Fake news sponsored by groups, organizations or the state is even more dangerous. Fake news is an epidemic for the society, for the country because there is no system to check the facts in Nepal. It is not easy to control. It is only possible to reduce the flow of 'misinformation' and 'disinformation' by increasing public awareness. Only then can the declining trust of communication be raised. The role of the state and people's representatives will be important in this.
Those involved in technology and propaganda should also take care of social responsibility. Only those who seek to profit from false information will be discouraged.
Nepal's technical sovereignty is being hurt due to the influence of foreigner's famous false propaganda, impressive assurances and power interests. India and China are increasing influence on Nepal's technological sovereignty. Not only development planning, Nepal has been unable to protect and control data and information.
Due to diplomatic incompetence, Nepal has become trapped in geopolitics. Technical geopolitics has also influenced Nepal's geotechnology. Due to the weakness of Nepal's leadership, Nepal's allied countries have been given the opportunity to dominate. Nepal is facing challenges as India and China have large populations, economic rivals, military and cyber war. The current situation of Nepal has become a battlefield of both geopolitics and digital world powers. Nepal is weak in intelligence, even more so in cyber intelligence. Security of information is difficult for Nepal. Due to the weakness of Nepal's technical diplomacy, which has advanced as connectivity, geographical sovereignty, digital, data and economic sovereignty are in the red zone.
Therefore, banks, telecom, power grid, airports, foreign missions, citizenship, passport, license, land ownership are all in danger. There is zero safety measure.
Data ethics, privacy, monitoring, social control, data processing, data care and data handling are questionable. This happened because Nepal does not have a satellite server.
It is necessary for Nepal to pay attention to technological sovereignty to strengthen its long-term security and state sovereignty.
Otherwise, the false and misleading news seems to have a serious impact not only on chaos and instability, but also on governance and law and order.
