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CMR-Nepal Trains Provincial Monitors on Election-Related Misinformation

The Center for Media Research – Nepal (CMR-Nepal) organized a two-day orientation workshop on misinformation monitoring for provincial misinformation monitors on February 1 and 2, 2026 in Kathmandu focusing on election-related contents. The workshop aimed to strengthen provincial-level monitoring efforts that have been ongoing since the 2022 general elections and continue to support CMR Nepal’s […]

03.02.2026News & Actitivies

Let’s dismiss the term ‘fake news’ to combat misinformation

Author: Ujjwal Acharya DOI: 10.62657/pcnj25a | PDF This article by our founder-chair is published in the “Nepali Media: Issues of Ethics and Sustainability” (A Press Council Nepal Journal, Vol. 5, No. 5, 2025, pp. 1-16). Abstract The term ‘fake news’ is often used to describe misinformation in the media. However, the term is also commonly […]

09.10.2025Article

Misinformation during the Gen Z Uprising in Nepal: Trends and Lessons Learned for Interventions

Author: Ujjwal Acharya DOI: 10.62657/cmr25opa | PDF With research support from Umesh Shrestha, Chetana Kunwar and Pravin Bhatta of NepalFactCheck.org and editorial support from Tilak Pathak of CMR-Nepal. Abstract The Gen Z demonstrations in Nepal, in September 2025, was an unprecedented uprising driven by youth anger over corruption and political exclusion, triggered by a social […]

26.09.2025Report

Role of political parties in combating misinformation and disinformation in Nepal

(This essay is the edited part of the working paper presented at CMR Nepal’s program – ‘Interparty Dialogue on Information Manipulation and Democracy’ organized on February 24 in Kathmandu.) By Bhojraj Pokharel, former chief election commissioner Well-informed people are the pillars of democracy; they are also its watchmen. Political parties have long played their role […]

26.02.2024Op-Ed

92% of Nepal’s social media users are exposed to misinformation: CMR-Nepal survey

More than 9 in 10 social media users in Nepal receive misinformation online, the latest survey by the Center for Media Research – Nepal revealed. According to Nepal Social Media Users Survey 2021, 91.8 per cent of the respondents said they have seen misinformation online in last seven days whereas 7.5 per cent said they […]

23.06.2022Report