Internet users in Nepal have increased exponentially in recent years. According to the World Bank, the population using the internet in Nepal has increased from a meager 1.41% in 2007 to a massive 21.4% in 2017.<\/p>\n
Though Nepal is heading positively regarding internet penetration in the country, a recent survey has made some unpleasant revelations.<\/p>\n
A survey by the Center for Media Research \u2013 Nepal (CMR-Nepal) has revealed that most internet users in Nepal are exposed to fake news and disinformation.<\/p>\n
According to the survey, 95.5 percent of Nepali internet users receive disinformation, especially through social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.<\/p>\n
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The CMR-Nepal has revealed the numbers based on 542 valid responses received in the ‘Nepal Twitter Users Survey 2019\u2019 conducted in November 2019.<\/p>\n
In the survey, 95.5% of the respondents revealed that they had seen misleading information online in the last seven days. Only a handful of respondents said they had not seen disinformation online in the mentioned period.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the survey found that YouTube is the leading source of disinformation. A total of 85.6% of respondents said that they saw disinformation on YouTube.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results have some fascinating, and probably not so surprising, results. This is very concerning as almost all internet users are exposed to some disinformation,\u201d said CMR-Nepal Chairperson Rishikesh Dahal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cThis shows there is an urgent need for the stakeholders to devise an effective and multi-layered plan to help citizens distinguish disinformation from valid information,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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Internet users in Nepal have increased exponentially in recent years. According to the World Bank, the…<\/span><\/p>\n