KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has prepared a draft of the bill for the regulation and management of social sites.

The government has made preparations to present the bill in the federal parliament for the regulation of social sites at a time when questions are being raised in its use and misuse with the rapid development of information and technology.

Joint Secretary at the Ministry, Netra Prasad Subedi, said the bill was prepared based on the request of general people and stakeholders in the context when regulation and management of social sites has become the issue of challenge, adding the draft would be made public soon for suggestion.

Sharing that such type of law is going to be formulated for the first time, also the coordinator of the bill draft committee, Subedi mentioned that the law would also address the issue of advertisement regulation in order to stop misuse of social sites and misinformation in social sites and harms caused by it.

The government of Nepal has already issued guidelines related to social media.