(he/his) - Open data advocate & tech researcher. CEO @openknowledgenp πŸ‡³πŸ‡΅ / Board @opendatacharter 🀝. Tweets are personal.

Kathmandu, Nepal
AI integration is now live on Open Data Nepal! πŸš€ Ask questions about Nepal's public datasets in plain English and get instant answers. No technical background needed. πŸ” Discover. πŸ“– Understand. πŸ“Š Visualize. πŸ‘‰ Try it: opendatanepal.com #OpenData #Nepal #AI #CivicTech
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At the #DigitalDemocracy Summit 2026, OKN co-led a session with @SpeakUpNepal_ on #CivicTech, AI & Accountability. Instead of a panel, we ran a hands-on mapping exercise with govt, civil society, private sector & media πŸ—ΊοΈ Read the findings: oknp.org/blogs/mapping-nepal… #OpenData
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Data & AI Governance Frameworks: Co-creating Advocacy Strategies (Asia Session) Designed for Asia, hosted by @opendatacharter 🌏 πŸ—“οΈ 15 July 2026 ⏰ 8am CEST | 1pm GMT+7 | 3pm GMT+9 πŸ“ RSVP: bit.ly/4eIhVYN πŸ”— Details: linkedin.com/events/74787161… #DataGovernance #AIPolicy
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Nikesh Balami retweeted
"Do you have proof?" πŸ” Platforms can't moderate what they can't detect. MuLCAM is an open corpus of Nepali harassment language across 12 harm categories, free for researchers, developers, and safety teams. Contribute or collaborate: oknp.org/blogs/introducing-m… #TFGBV #OpenData
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Just wrapped up 6 months with the Capacity Development Programme for CSOs 2025-2026 by CADE πŸŽ“ Two tracks. Three courses. Countless learnings. πŸ”΅ Internet Governance + Infrastructure for CSOs 🟣 Diplomacy and Negotiations for CSOs Thanks to the @DiplomacyEdu for the support πŸ™
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Nikesh Balami retweeted
AI integration is now live on Open Data Nepal! πŸš€ Ask questions about Nepal's public datasets in plain English and get instant answers. No technical background needed. πŸ” Discover. πŸ“– Understand. πŸ“Š Visualize. πŸ‘‰ Try it: opendatanepal.com #OpenData #Nepal #AI #CivicTech
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"Do you have proof?" πŸ” Platforms can't moderate what they can't detect. MuLCAM is an open corpus of Nepali harassment language across 12 harm categories, free for researchers, developers, and safety teams. Contribute or collaborate: oknp.org/blogs/introducing-m… #TFGBV #OpenData
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The data gap is not abstract. In FY 2024/25, Nepal recorded 18,926 cybercrime cases, averaging 52 per day. Many survivors never report at all. πŸ“Š Language infrastructure is digital safety infrastructure.
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Two new upgrades are now live on Open Data Nepal! πŸ“€ Seamless Publishing: sign in and publish datasets in minutes πŸ“Š Data Explorer: explore and visualize any dataset without downloading a file Easier to contribute. Easier to explore. πŸ’‘ πŸ‘‰ oknp.org/blogs/publishing-an…
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Nikesh Balami retweeted
πŸ“’Do you work wiith #data and #AI and are interested in its responsible use and best practices? πŸ”ΉWe are developing recommendations for the responsible use of publicly available data and seek your support to answer our survey.Β  πŸ”ΉIt will take approximately 15 mins to complete this questionnaire.Β Thanks for taking the time! forms.gle/XEELRYkpxLSqfzvY9
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AI integration is now live on Open Data Nepal! πŸš€ Ask questions about Nepal's public datasets in plain English and get instant answers. No technical background needed. πŸ” Discover. πŸ“– Understand. πŸ“Š Visualize. πŸ‘‰ Try it: opendatanepal.com #OpenData #Nepal #AI #CivicTech
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And that is not all. We also shipped two more upgrades alongside the AI integration. βœ… Seamless Publishing: sign in with Google or GitHub, & publish datasets in minutes βœ… Comprehensive Data Explorer: explore & visualize any dataset directly in the browser Full details coming.
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πŸ”“ How can open principles become open practice? blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/ope… We focus on the @SchoolOfData and #AILearningLabs, ongoing collaborative pilots designed to support organisations working through real, high stakes questions about AI in practice.
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🌱 How can many perspectives share one voice at OKFN? blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/ope… We explore the pressures shaping open knowledge today – from AI and data privacy laws to institutional barriers – and how OKFN’s decentralised global network responds to these challenges.
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πŸ’™ Thank you very much, #UKDataService, for listening so carefully. They brought together @OKFN and members of the #OpenKnowledgeNetwork for a collective interview – now split into two posts. πŸ‘‡πŸΎπŸ§Ά
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