Freedom Forum is pleased to inform that Meta has lifted a restriction it had imposed on a Nepali news media. An online news media - https://thedmnnews.com/- was restricted from posting on Facebook, to which Freedom Forum had shown a severe concern. The Democracy Media Network, which runs the news media, had complained that hundreds of posts- news stories and opinions- were erased and the news media was blocked from posting any updates. They had complained the Meta but to no avail. On Friday, Freedom Forum issued a press release, criticizing the way the news media was treated. The media had neither violated any community standard nor breached journalistic ethics and professionalism. The Meta was not only made aware of the need of making its content regulation transparent but also protecting citizen's rights to information and unobstructed media practices. Freedom Forum still reiterates that unless the content regulations of digital platforms are ensured transparent, freedom of expression is jeopardized time and again. At a time when digital platforms are the most used media for FoE and media practices, tech companies' accountability to citizens/users is a pressing issue for advocacy. Freedom Forum has been advocating for it so that human rights including FoE are protected and promoted on cyberspace/digital platforms. For More, Freedom Forum
Freedom Forum is a prominent non-governmental organization in Nepal dedicated to institutionalizing democracy, protecting and promoting human rights, press freedom, freedom of expression, right to information, promoting audit accountability, open and accountable budget, public finance reforms, citizen engagement in public finance management and citizen participation in audit. Established in February 2005, the organization emerged in response to the political turmoil following Former King Gyanendra’s coup dated February 1, 2005, which imposed severe restrictions on media and democratic rights. A group of media professionals, legal experts, and academics founded Freedom Forum to safeguard Nepal’s hard-earned democratic freedoms during this repressive period.
