Google-owned YouTube is facing criticism for not tackling misinformation. Despite calls for greater transparency and collaboration with fact-checkers, YouTube fails to take action to prevent the spread of false information.
A video claiming Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel spoke in Hindi after his win has gone viral on social media. Nepal Check has found that the president did not deliver a full speech in Hindi.
A video clip claiming that the Nepal government will impose a lockdown due to a rise in Covid-19 infections has gone viral on TikTok, with tens of thousands of people viewing it. However, the claim is misleading.