KATHMANDU, JULY 25: Calls for a clampdown on parody Twitter accounts are growing louder with several high profile public figures including politicians throwing their weight behind 'the campaign to remove fake Twitter handles'.

KATHMANDU, Jan 23: The government’s move to close parody accounts on social media purportedly for maintaining social harmony has drawn flak as not only posing a threat to freedom of expression but also violating the established practice with such platforms elsewhere in the world.