Transparency for Accountability

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Transparency for Accountability

A live civic technology dashboard that archives digital identities of political social media pages along with analyzing major political party manifesto in Nepal to hold government entities accountable to their public commitments and strengthen democratic transparency.

 

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Background

Political social media pages and groups frequently rename, rebrand, or shift narrative focus, particularly during elections or political crises. These transformations often obscure the origins, affiliations, and intentions of actors, limiting public oversight and transparency. Existing monitoring methods rarely capture these changes at scale or provide evidence-based insights into the evolution of political digital ecosystems. 

Research Aim

To strengthen democratic practice in Nepal by making digital political activity transparent, accountable, and historically traceable. This includes systematically tracking and archiving social media identity changes, analyzing political party manifestos and public commitments, and translating complex digital behaviors into accessible, interpretable insights for citizens, journalists, researchers, and civil society. 

Outcomes

The T4A dashboard visualizes historical identity changes, detects coordinated rebranding, and provides comparative analytics of political actors and movements. AI-assisted tools classify actors, identify narrative shifts, and extract key policy commitments from party manifestos. By revealing systematic trends in digital identity volatility,, T4A empowers citizens to independently verify information, supports journalistic investigations, and strengthens mechanisms of accountability and transparency in Nepal’s democratic ecosystem. By comparing pre-election promises (political manifesto/public commitments) with post-election actions over time, the platform enables citizens, journalists, and policymakers to assess political messaging and hold parties accountable to their public commitments, thereby strengthening transparency and democratic accountability. 

Team

Transparency for Accountability