The Media Council Bill, 2081 BS has been endorsed by the National Assembly (NA).
A meeting of the National Assembly meeting held on Monday unanimously passed the Media Council Bill, 2080.
Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, had presented a proposal seeking endorsement of the Media Council Bill, 2081in the meeting this afternoon.
NA Chairperson Narayan Prasad Dahal announced the House that the Bill has been endorsed unanimously.
The next NA meeting will be held on February 16.
Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung had tabled the Bill in the session on Sunday.
The government had on January 28 registered the Bill in the NA, citing it aimed to further systematize the use of social sites, making them decent and secured.
The Bill has proposed the provisions for license (with a two-year validity) for any companies, firms or institutions to operate digital platforms and renewal of the permission, granting the rights to authorities concerned to ban on the operation of such platforms and the remove the contents in violations of the terms and conditions. It has proposed conditions for the users of social sites as well.
The Bill prohibiting cyber bullying, stalking and ID hacking, extortion or sextortion, dissemination of vulgar, fake or misleading contents, uploading or dissemination of deep fake videos and the use of accounts with anonymous or pseudonymous identity.
The Bill has wanted that the operation of social sites should not the jeopardize the country's peace and security, order, sovereignty, territorial integrity, national security, national unity, independence and should not feature contents that are against the interests of nation. In case of the violations of these terms and conditions, the operation license may be scrapped.
It has disapproved the social media contents capable of hurting the dignity of others, trolling, hate speech and distortion of information.
Similarly, post, like, repost, live streaming, subscribe, comment, tag, hashtag or mention with wrong intention is liable to fine up to Rs 500 thousands to users of social sites.
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