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Photo: Pexels/ Tracy Le Blanc Kathmandu, August 10 The government has started its homework to create a separate law to monitor activities on social media. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has started preparations by forming a task force for the creation of such a law. The task force is being led by the ministry’s spokesperson Netra Prasad Subedi. The task force is studying what the law can include and will draft a bill after it studies various aspects of the bill. Subedi says the task force has started discussions in various places to draft the law. “We are taking suggestions from different people and are speaking to experts. We are also looking at how other countries monitor activities on social media,” he said. “The aim of this bill is to control the flow of fake news and character assassination that takes place on social media. We are looking to draft the bill keeping in mind the freedom of speech and expression that is guaranteed by the constitution....