Episode 204: Random Nepali |TikTok Ban, Freedom Of Speech, Media Narratives |Sushant Pradhan Podcast

Rastra Bimochan Timalsena, aka Random Nepali, is a seasoned legal practitioner, Principal of National Law College. He's also a content creator diving into the recent TikTok ban in Nepal. In this podcast, he wears multiple hats, offering legal insights while dissecting the implications of the ban, exploring freedom of speech considerations, and unraveling media narratives.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:18 Tiktok Ban, Porn ban
09:10 Tiktok Algorithm, Political agendas
14:30 Media Narratives
19:11 Tiktok Community Guidelines
23:00 VPNs, Loss for ISPs, Banning VPNs
34:29 Tiktok, Freedom and Nudity
42:23 Durga Prasai
45:11 Defamation
47:30 Social Media Directive
59:49 Freedom of Speech

[@prashantchaudhary6240]

This is why I love his podcast. He always brings the right people to discuss sensitive topics. And always knows his boundaries on how to talk about those things and to which extent we can bring awareness.

[@Sijdjd72]

I ain't joking at all. If random nepali speaks for 10 hours straight, i can hear his voice for straight 10 hours. I mean his voice brings another level of excitement and you get excited what he's about to say next.

[@techxscout4846]

What a right and intellect person to be in the podcast to discuss the right topic of discussion 👏👏.

[@kalp_it]

Finally, Random Nepali - Awesome Lawyer ❣️

[@notillusionatall]

The algorithm thing is so true..my tiktok is filled with all amazing content of psychology, music, theater, history but sorry no nepali contents and nudity since i don't consume them and funny things as i enjoy comedy stuffs....

[@bishalkhatiwada899]

यस प्रस्तुतिको अधिकांश भागहरु टिकटकबाट प्रशारणहुनुपर्ने कुराहरु छ,रेस्पेक्टस् ❤👏

[@Unhingedone_1]

Podcast with random dai should be atleast of 2 hrs, we need part 2 ffs

[@BipynGurugs]

Damm I was so much thinking myself and researching on this this podcast gave me the whole lesson.

[@shyamtamang926]

i am students of Rastra sir he is wonderful leader i can listen him 10 hour without being booring

[@subinkharel]

So informative and good content, keep the good work guys !!!

[@kk-jb2ei]

15:10 Kantipur media and siroya family is indirectly influencing alot of political matters on Nepal...🤬

[@anishghimire5988]

Worst thing is people have no problem on tiktok getting banned. They do not even understand what's happening to them. Digital literacy is really lacking in Nepal.

[@Hi-qk5nc]

partly because the gov doesnt even have the resources to ban it competly and people still use tiktok with vpn

[@anishghimire5988]

@@Hi-qk5nc I know that but what I meant to say is government is seriously breaching out fundamental right and people aren't realising it.

[@zexieofficial]

Exactly out of 100,90 are enjoying the ban but they are unaware of how severe this move can be in future..as you said bau ama chodam,youth either didn't want to educate themselves or their ego comes first so they couldn't digest the concrete facts this video is trying to convey

[@Hi-qk5nc]

fac@@zexieofficial

[@who.662]

True bro. How can people not care that an app got banned. I became depressed the second this news arrived. 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@zexieofficial]

Finally glad to see wise video with wise concrete facts

[@Nimanbeats]

Awesome 💯

[@SanimMagar]

informative podcast I LIKE IT

[@Deepak_BhanDari]

❤❤❤Random nepali dai is so talent 👏👏👏

[@DammarAyer]

Good informative content❤❤❤

[@aryankarki7900]

I Love This podcast.

[@Gurkhalik0ch0r0]

Lobbyists and lawmakers in tandem. What a tool of a government of Nepal is. Our lives are played like a fiddle and are nothing but pawns or puppets dancing to their fingertips.

[@manishachettri2988]

Can’t believe I watch it all without skipping agree with the explanation 😊

[@janjantimalsina1465]

Awesome ✨️

[@millershrestha4212]

Recommended Guest: Ram Chandra Timothi (Founder, Owner of EKTA Books. Pioneer in books business since 40 years. To understand culture of reading and books and effects of digital age in education and reading culture of Nepal.)

[@flowersandnature.]

Thank You For This Video and Your Efforts Sushant. I watched the whole video and at the end of this topic all you guys had to say was ‘proper regulation and use of tiktok can be done’ as said by random nepali and ‘choose what you prefer to watch or else hit the ‘not interested’ button as said by You (Sushant). What you guys talked in this podcast was only one side of the story because.. This conflict wouldn’t be created if people were so smart to choose between what’s good/bad for them to see and only take good information from tiktok. TikTok’s algorithm can work only for those people who cannot get influenced by other things rather then of their interest. Only a person who possess high intellect can decide what’s good for him/her. The world wouldn’t be full of chaos if every individual was intellectual. And ofc every Nepali doesn’t possess that quality. Tiktok in between Nepalese was like ‘napaune le kra pako bokrai sanga khako’ Unlike other social platforms TikTok’s influence managed to create obscenity among Nepalese in very very short span of time. Majority of Nepalese got themselves trapped into this tiktok’s cycle where there was no productiveness. Only few smart people like you could choose to rather get influenced by other subjects or not. The main reason behind tiktok getting banned is because majority of Nepalese failed to preserve morality.! Only a fool will say that ‘we cannot ban tiktok just because it has some negative influence, because tiktok also have some positive sides’ When in reality we’ve already seen how it has demoralized majority of people and created nasty society. We cannot unsee/neglect huge amount of negativity just because there is small amount of positivity in it. Good is good and bad is bad. But regarding TikTok, negativity weighted more than positivity which led to it getting banned. Nepal Government took very smart step by banning tiktok rather than trying to fit it into Nepali Society. Our government choose to work smarter rather than harder. Anyways, We ain’t gonna die without tiktok in our lives. It’s more concerning what ‘MCC’ is doing in eastern side of Nepal rn. No media coverage no any information what American Armies are up to. 💀

[@timvic7663]

he literally clarified this with an analogy with the torrenting technology. 95% of torrent users use torrent to pirate software and movies. but it can't be banned. why? because torrent in itself is a technology. and you cannot ban a technology just because majority of people use it for a purpose other than it was intended for. similarly tiktok is a video sharing tool. let's say your anecdotal evidence about "majority people" misusing it is actually true. even with that it can't be banned. because there were people using it as a tool to do something good. and just to protect the interest of minorities it can't be banned. and the point about "morality and demorality" and all he said that moral policing is not the duty of government. if you are affected by tiktok on a personal level you restrict its use personally. not ban the platform. "negativity outweighed positivity" damn bro prachandey nai jasari po bolcha ta. kunai data backed research finding chha yesko? hachuwa ma j pani vandine? ajha nepal government took very smart step re! taaliban le bahek nepal ma jasari tiktok ban gareko chhaina vanera vanirako cha jabaki podcast ma! and the thing about mcc you just said shows how gullible conspiracy theorist you are. mcc aayo vane nepal ma americi sena aauchha. 🤡...this kind of intellectual podcast is not for you bro. go and watch nepali youtubeys patrkars video.

[@Hithere-qj1wj]

Lmao obscenity ta ja pani cha ta! Infact sabai vanda badi cyber crime related reports ta Meta ko messanger ma ayeko dekhincha CIB ko stats herne ho vane. Internet nai ban gardinu paryo aba ta! Ani hami afnu puranai medieval cultured lifestyle ma firta hune! What you say?

[@hitnailhalfway2485]

k ghanta jsto kura gareko. English ta janekp raxa tara soch chai kukur ko kando jsto raxa. tyai logic le voli FB, insta, snap sabai banda gardela. Moral policing is very dangerous. How the fuck did you get the authority to decide what was moral and what was not? feri yestai kura garne torpe harulai US, Australia ko visa napayera pyak pyak vairako hunxa. Ta muji lai moral policing testai man parxa vane Iran, Pakistan tira gayera bas muji pakhey

[@bhawanabhandari2568]

Well said

[@AndyShrestha]

10:00 that’s exactly how TikTok algorithm works. If you are complaining about something your browsing history can tell u watch those kind of videos very often.

[@clawhawkgaming1093]

Lots of Love Rastra Dai❤

[@stitchesbymamta]

Awesome ♥♥

[@chhiringlama7203]

finallllly!! lessss goooooo!!

[@turup8409]

Pyaro rastra dai❤️

[@twanggyall1499]

Good 👍

[@timvic7663]

well the supreme court just gave the verdict and didn't even give an interim order to lift the ban temporarily. instead, it asked for the government to give cause for the ban. government has already given its anecdotal cause that tiktok disrupts social harmony and all. is our Supreme court worse than an undemocratic country like Pakistan? taalibani sarkar le matra raicha nepal ma jasari bina kunai compelling reason tiktok ban garne. hami taalibani haru vanda chai girnu vayena hai. case ko final hearing ma chai random nepali dai hunuparyo

[@ASSASSIN_100]

True ❤❤❤

[@xplorechannel933]

Good 😊

[@sxrozj]

He is hardworking people.❤

[@anjanadhakal1022]

Amazing content! Why is the Audio so uneven? Mostly of host ?? Host Le bolda volume increase garnu parya cha, rastra Dai Le bolda feri decrease garnu parya cha

[@Lyonessi]

Dai I love so much about your podcast but I think you should consider changing your mic settings. When I listen on speakers (which I do a lot) it sounds tinny and very quiet. Keep the rest up tho ❤

[@pramodthapa7]

someone please reminds random nepali about he has his own youtube channel.

[@khempun4425]

लभ यु सुशान्त, अरु के बोलौ? हरेक एपिसोड नहेरी बस्न सक्दिन।

[@rikeshbista]

hello dai, gentle reminder to you. Its been soo long you are publishing podcast but the podcast's audio editing is still same. Please remind the editor to make the audio level same throughout the video. your sound is small sometimes sometimes loud. I think you have to improve on this.

[@ayushpyakurel6518]

@randomnepali love you man

[@ravikhadka5850]

"Freedom of speech" just a myth. Yho podcast sunda lagyo ki we are under indirect dictatorship

[@ronman8552]

Is stock market trading is legal in nepal

[@sxrozj]

1:07:43 if we follow community guidelines The government dislike our post and mail to social media for delet this post . If social media delet our post Can you go international coat ?

[@butbufaratethemirror]

Sabai platform ban gardeu sarkar, infact internet nai ban gardeu. This idiotic government is determined to take us back to the 1800s.

[@debitbhattarai5538]

My recommendation for next guest is Sanjay silwal gupta

[@fxego5001]

52:20 bishal gautam watching silently😂

[@bojackhorseman8251]

The government doesn't want youths to live in Nepal. Banning Tiktok, making online marketing illegal and all other stuff discourage the youths to do anything here. No youth means no threat to their position. (Since a lot of youths are motivated to join politics after Balen). This is a serious issue and If we dont do something about this, this country will be unlivable.

[@narmytanish9209]

I want tiktok back because I don't think we young generation are affected by it in a negative way. If the question is about inappropriate contents I think these contents come up on 30+ (uncle and aunty) people's tiktok only. Its simple tiktok is based on our preferences. By saying that there are inappropriate contents in tiktok, which was the reason the government banned it in nepal, they are exposing themselves.😂. It's a you problem for the government officials not a we problem here. Personally, for me, no inappropriate content was shown in my fyp ever in tiktok. Most youths didn't even know that such scandalous video was uploaded in tiktok. It was after the newspapers announced this as a reason for the ban that we knew about the scandal. So we youths find it ridiculous. Its high time ban on tiktok is uplifted.

[@rohitmalakar]

Tik tok त band गर्याे अब cap cut editing software चाहिँ किन band गरेकाे याे बुझैदिनु पर्याे । Cap cut काे AI edit ले त कहि बिक्रति त फैलाएकाे जस्ताे लागेन ।

[@aregmi450]

Where can we get the pdf for social media directive. Cannot find over the internet.

[@first_shloka]

His office sent a pdf in Gmail privately. Not published on the internet. Illegal upload in website

[@aregmi450]

eheh kasto afno rules herna napaine ho@@first_shloka

[@anishgc9428]

Headset lagauni karan chai k ho ???

[@samipgnyawali70]

Yo restrictions thik xa tara don’t ban app as a whole

[@rajspeaks7478]

People should know the thing that's giving them fame might end some day as well. It's so wrong to complain what to do and people are saying to go abroad now. It's bad that Tiktok got banned but to see Omegle also recently shut down. So to expect always earning from a platform is a wrong thinking

[@missloveprincess222]

main 3 point xa tiktok ma band kina hunu parxa 1. paisa 'like 'views ko lagi nanginey tiktok anytime anywhere herxa manxey le 2. j man lagyo tei bolne samaj lai naramro dristikod and j bolepani hunxa vanney sochne and family ko agadi herna nasakiney means tiktok chalauda alws alone chalaidaina and heridaina pani 3. sojha sajha nepali lai followers badaidinxu badxa vandai gift magne ani lutne

[@ashutoshregmi5402]

why just 1 hour poadcast why????

[@chrisgurung_official]

👍👍👍👍❤️

[@sxrozj]

whis government made this law.?

[@samanthadiary]

Random nepali ❤

[@maheshchamling9151]

The Nepal government doesn't need to smoke weed. it's always high and this time the government proved me right.

[@KapilG808]

52:19 bichara bishal🤣🤣

[@shinigami2669]

Coll kids be saying tiktok banned vayera khusi laageko xa.. Maanau ki uniharuko jiwan ko dukha problem nai tiktok ho. Mobile ma install nai nagare vai jaanthyo

[@ashishsunar2985]

What about vten song band ?

[@aryankarki7900]

अदालतको निर्णय के भो?

[@rajendra-2023]

Directive pass hunchhan janta lai thaha nahuni. Ra janta le padhna pani napadhne tei chaldai aaeko ho.

[@mr_humagain]

Wahh dai hasayo🤣🤣🤣

[@rookieguy6859]

main mudda bata bhatkaune tactic matrai ho.... aile ko top leader haru lai chodna ko lagi pressure bhayo so tik tok ban garera bhatkaune ninja technique ho.

[@moviesstorewala9612]

bro intro ta deu yr

[@smarikabohara3852]

भारतीय गुलामीको परिणाम हो यो टिकटक ब्यान्। तर सिधै त्यसो भनेर स्विकार गर्लान् र!?

[@AndyShrestha]

Proton VPN is another safe one.

[@IamSpidey00]

meanwhile my mom dialogue:- kapal ma jumra badna thalyo vane kapal katnyy ki tauko nai katdinyy 😂😂

[@ayoogorkhali9262]

Brother haru afno Kathmandu ko sano circle bata bahira niskera hernus ani tha pahunu huncha tiktok le kati barbad gareko cha manchey ko mentality, Nepali haru lie freedom of speech dherai vayera wild bahesakyo out of control j kura ne halya cha bolya cha , yesle ramro vanda ne naramro badi promote gareko cha Kathmandu ko bahira ko pani situation hernu paryo ne raja haru

[@nisgin]

So that should be monitored...

[@shootingfromthehip3600]

Kam se kam bazaar ma niskera ta testo gareko chhaina ni. Aba ti manchee haruko asali prabriti nai testo ho bhane haami le k nai garna sakinchha ra....kebal uniharuko tiktok nahernu bahek. Kasaile heridiyena bhane uniharu le pani banauna chaadchan, haina ra?

[@mun1027]

Tiktok band panee ramrai hoo freedom on everything also harmful to our kids and society jasto lagxa.. ramro content ne xa tiktok ma.

[@gopalthapa4873]

Sarkar ko dimag r man sano xa

[@nirojmaharjan8051]

How TikTok became so powerful and influencial in Nepal and whole world? Who is the creator of that app?

[@Lyaaaamlyaaaam]

do your research yourself bro

[@fcs_Nx7]

TirimiriDai ❤︎✓!!

[@PUBJI2000]

We will soon be like china😢😢😢 don't want that.

[@yaniso524]

Honestly tiktok is a nonsense app jailay India ma tiktok banned vo yeti saro trending topic voko theyana jati nepal ma hudaixa

[@niteshkarmacharya9684]

Social media ma Fake account baanauna paidaina re.. Hamro Pradhan mantri jiu le nai "prachanda" naam use garera desh kranti lerako hoina ra? 😂

[@manumagar7568]

kuwa vitra baseko bhyaguta lai kuwa ko barema matra thaha hunxa . seriously you guys are so educated and still supporting this. My god please gayera gau ghar ma hernus tiktok le kati hani gareko xa and you guys also won't be able to aware them vocationally. we are lucky and educated and aware enough to know what to look and follow . everyone is not so fortunate like us. Kathmandu is not a whole nepal. Note that Economic crisis srif tiktok le matra lift gardaina.

[@Hithere-qj1wj]

K khalko hani garya raicha ni barai??

[@nisgin]

Main reason k hola tiktok kharab hunuma?

[@andresmessi9534]

​@@Hithere-qj1wjtiktok algorithm is worst than insta and KZbin. In tiktok we see only most Nepali videos..so hate can be easily spread..live sexual harassment talking is widely spread

[@andresmessi9534]

​@@nisgin u can take harkansampang spreading caste hate in tiktok live as an example

[@nisgin]

@@andresmessi9534 i don't thik he is doing this...and ifhe wants then there is facebook and youtube also...

[@sxrozj]

41:18 In this time बिदेशमा कमाको money लाईभमा bubs हर्दै rose send गर्छ भने यसको limitation चै हुनुपर्छ । यहाँ यो केटा कमाउन बिदेश गरेको हो । bubs हर्न बिदेश गाको होइन । यदि उ wife बाट टाढा छ भने उसले live मा poisa खर्च गर्न contorl गर्न सक्दैन । its is a big problem for a poor family .

[@simpley6256]

usko paisa usko kamai. j sukai garos.

[@sandiladhikari7903]

कुरो त फेरी उहि त भयो नि ! त्यो "गरीबको छोरोलाई" सम्झाउनु पर्‍यो, त्यसो नगर्नु भनेर, परिवारले नभए समाजले । तेसो गर्नै नपाउने कानुन बनाउन मिलेन, नत्र कुरो उहि भाइगोनि!

[@shootingfromthehip3600]

@@simpley6256 Tehi ta. Kasle k garyo katti khaayo katti kamayo - aru ko kura ma anaawasyak chaaso rakhne baani hamro.

[@BuddhaLamaflute]

Headphone chai kina lagako hola😂😂

[@KapilG808]

36:28 😂😂

[@praveenchettri4177]

Next: saurav

[@Wrathh19]

Hyaa dai eva giri lai bolaunu parne 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sarojbasnet6481]

can you bring kp oli , just curious,,,,!!!!

[@MrEUZION]

Bhai jpt comment nagar, jail jala feri...🤣🤣🤣

[@sujantamang6165]

Kaha aauxa hola rw hou oli ba tara aauna pni sakxa

[@suspended72]

Why does this man look like professor of money heist??

[@Arts.D]

India le tw chine app vara ho

[@dineshbogati2084]

Bishal Gautam 😀

[@LordXail_MLBB]

Uneducated leaders vaye paxi estai ho

[@boko---gaming]

Dai secondary router ma t chale x ni ta 😮😮

[@ashishsunar2985]

Daju majority people haru hajur haru ko jasto mind set , open minded xainan ta more then half haru ta j problem haru ko kura garnu vayo teyo bata affected xa ta major nepali haru ta tei baato ma xa ...

[@alyssa6224]

Mero ma kdrama ko content matrai aaucha😢

[@Age_vlogs889]

Good choice by ban tik tok 🤦🏻

[@e-shworxettri3511]

Pubg Band gareko xain hai nepalma parliament ma kura utheko matr ho😅

[@abiral_floyd]

Free time ma sunxu vanera basya thiye, ali xoto vayo kya conversation

[@binitagrg2879]

A chito kholdeuna hou tiktok😂 timepass+ education video ni hyrthy +onlineko saman + Cr7 ko live 😅 etc etc hyrni garin thiyo eso ahfno kala pani dykhauna pauthiyo

[@1v1neverhoraa43]

This looks like a whole setup game.she was paid to do it ..

[@diwashchauhan8028]

There are countless drawbacks than its benefits especially in tiktok in current time in our country that doesn't mean other social media doesn't have any drawbacks they have too but what tiktok has in recent days is beyond its limit. Its negative effect on the society , lifestyle and people will be miserable in the near future we are not even thinking of that..are we taking the responsibility for the price we have to pay in future?its time to keep social intrest above all. The effect on our social structure and social harmony should not be neglected at the cost of our personal benefits and freedom so gon decision to ban at this point of time is totally justified. Gov should bring concrete plan and strategy to regulate and make tiktok a healthy platform for all till then ban shouldn't be removed.

[@shootingfromthehip3600]

Please elaborate. I'm keen to hear your opinion on why "Freedom of speech" needs to be compromised in this manner.

[@diwashchauhan8028]

@@shootingfromthehip3600 if gov has banned due to political agenda and not let citizen raise voice than that's very shameful act we should condemn it but considering tiktok dark aspects that is growing like a wildfire, the ban is the right call at this point of time.

[@Hithere-qj1wj]

What sort of societal intrest are you talking about? Yeah...yeah...life became miserable since the invention of social media.

[@diwashchauhan8028]

@@Hithere-qj1wj you better have some knowledge on how has tiktok affected in our society and what adverse effect will bring in the near future. Im not saying social media has made life miserable, what I'm saying is if in the same pace its(tiktok) deformity goes on increasing, the social structure and life will be miserable.

[@Hithere-qj1wj]

@@diwashchauhan8028 Please enlighten me about the sorts of disaster it would bring upon us that would leave our society on shambles.

[@anilchand7369]

11:11 12:12

[@ThePlan09]

Phofor pani aayo vane pipeline nikai dine.😂😂😂