Nepal Social Media Ban Gen-Z Protest News Live Updates: The Nepal government has revoked the ban on social media platforms in the country that led to the death of at least 19 people and over 400 were injured as protests erupted in the capital city Kathmandu on Monday after youths – those under the age of 26, termed as Gen-Z – took to the streets in New Baneshwor, opposing the ban and government corruption. With unrest spilling fears across the border, Indian security forces placed the 1,751-km India-Nepal frontier on heightened alert, as reported by The .
Curfew imposed: The Army has been deployed in parts of Kathmandu where protests have intensified and curfew has been imposed. Nepali police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the young crowds that tried to break into the parliament building, authorities and witnesses said.
What govt said about the ban: The government said social media users with fake IDs have been spreading hate speech and fake news, and committing fraud and other crimes via some platforms. In a nationwide protest against the move, thousands of youths, many in their school and college uniforms, marched towards the country’s parliament on Monday with national flags and placards with slogans such as “Shut down corruption and not social media”, “Unban social media”, and “Youths against corruption”, written on them. However, they were stopped by the police who erected a barbed wire barricade.
