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Nepal blocks Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X over rule breach, amid censorship concerns
Nepal has moved to block 26 social media platforms for failing to comply with its registration requirements.
He compared the approach to “the architecture of censorship seen in the People’s Republic of China’s Great Firewall model of digital authoritarianism — a path wholly at odds with Nepal’s democratic aspirations and constitutional guarantees.” Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung told reporters that the government had given platforms ample time to register in Nepal and had made repeated requests, including to Meta, but they did not comply. He added that without clear appeal or independent oversight, the directive gives the government “sweeping powers to suspend services, order removals, and deputise local ‘grievance’ and ‘self-regulation’ officers inside companies.”
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