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The government has initiated phase-wise consultations for legitimately regulating and managing the social networking sites based on the requests and suggestions that have come from the citizen level.

The government has started seeking suggestions through consultations following the demand made by distinguished persons from various walks of life for regulating and managing the social sites citing they have suffered irreparable damages due to the baseless, malicious and slanderous comments against them that appear on the social media.

In this connection, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MoCIT) has started consultations with the experts on social sites and electronic media.

The Ministry is preparing for a discussion with the representative of the Meta Company overseeing South Asia on August 10.

Meta Company is the mother organization of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp. It is also holding consultations with social sites operators of Nepal as well.

Press Council Nepal is also holding discussions on this topic.

The use and misuse of social networking sites is on the rise along with the expansion of information and communication technology.

In this scenario, regulating the fake news, misinformation, disinformation and hate speech has emerged as a challenge.

Although the Press Council Nepal has the responsibility of monitoring the media at present, no agency has been legally assigned with the responsibility of monitoring the individual's posts on the social sites.

Political parties' leaders, civil servants, artists, civil society leaders, professors, teachers, businesspersons, social right campaigners and media persons and people from various walks of life have been requesting for bringing legislation for regulating and managing the social sites.

MoCIT spokesperson and Joint Secretary Netra Raj Subedi said the Ministry has started consultations with the stakeholders based on the requests coming from various sectors calling for regulating and managing the social sites.

The ruling CPN (Maoist Center) has reshuffled roles and responsibilities among the party leaders.

A meeting of the party Central Committee held today at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar endorsed the proposal floated by party Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to this regard, according to Prime Minister's press expert Manohari Timilsina.

According to the revised allocations of roles and responsibilities, party Deputy General Secretary Barshaman Pun has been appointed as the In-Charge of a special province which remains as a non-territorial province. 

The decision is aimed at further increasing the vibrancy of the province, it has been learnt.

In addition, another Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma has been assigned the responsibility for Bagmati Province.

Meanwhile, Secretary Leelamani Pokharel will serve as the In-Charge of Madhesh Province, and Secretary Devendra Paudel will be responsible for Gandaki Province.

Furthermore, Chakrapani Khanal has been selected as the In-Charge for Koshi, Hitman Shakya for Lumbini, Matrika Yadav for Karnali, and Dilaram Acharya for Sudur Paschim Province.

Furthermore, leader Girirajmani Pokhrel has been assigned to take charge of Valley Liaison Coordination Province and Ram Karki will be taking charge of Overseas Province.

Party Vice-Chair Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been assigned the role of coordinating the Socialist Front and overseeing the party unification procedures.

Similarly, another Vice-Chair Pampha Bhusal has been entrusted with the responsibilities of coordinating the party-aligned people's organizations while Agni Prasad Sapkota has been appointed to oversee the party's Publicity Department.

Ganesh Shah will take charge as the new In-Charge of the Science and Technology Department.

Dinanath Sharma has been assigned to coordinate the party organizations of intellectuals, human rights activists, teachers, and legal practitioners.

On top of that, all in-charges for various fractions of the party's aligned people's organizations have been changed.

Additionally, the roles and responsibilities of the party's standing committee and central members have been determined.

The CPN (Maoist Center) is to organize a three-month-long special transformation campaign.

The Center will conduct a special transformation campaign for three months from September 2.

The Maoist Center, which clinched third position in the elections held in November, is organizing a transformation campaign to expand the organization.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the  Central Committee meeting, party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal directed the leaders and cadres to conduct the campaign by reaching every house in every ward.

“None of the houses in the ward should be missed. This campaign will help in building a new party,” Dahal, who is also the Prime Minister, said.

He said that the national and international parties are still trying to split the party.

Dahal expressed his belief that the party would move ahead unitedly.

He announced that the Maoist Center will take the leadership of the country again.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will be embarking on a visit to China likely from the third week of September.

In his address to a program organized here today, Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Saud said that the Prime Minister would be visiting the northern neighbor in the third or the fourth week of September.

The program was held to mark the digitized verification of the police clearance certificate.

 "We are prepared to observe the Prime Minister's visit to China," he said, adding that the present government was committed to promoting cordial relations with neighbors and friendly nations.

Recalling the Prime Minister's visit to India after the formation of the incumbent government, he said the visit was successful and productive. 

He was of the view of observing international relations, centering on the mutual interests of the nation, making sure that it would be for the interest of the nation and the citizens.

"There should be a common understanding among political parties and sides concerned about the nation's foreign policy," the Foreign Minister added.