Kathmandu, Jan. 27 -- During the 2022 national elections, in a bid to control misinformation, disinformation and hate speech on social media, the Election Commission had announced plans to coordinate with tech companies like Meta (which operates Facebook and Instagram), X, and Chinese firm ByteDance, the parent company of the video-sharing app TikTok.

Narayan Prasad Bhatta, spokesperson for the commission, said this time they are taking a new approach to curb the spread of misleading information ahead of the March 5 elections.

The Election Information, Dissemination and Coordination Centre (EIDC) has been set up under the commission to make elections more systematic and technology-driven. Within the EIDC, the Information Integrity Promo...