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Nepal moves to block Facebook, X, YouTube and others

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286 points saikatsg | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 11:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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dahsameer ◴[05 Sep 25 12:42 UTC] No.45137841[source]▶
I'm from Nepal. The bans are implemented in a pretty straightforward way: ISPs simply don't resolve DNS queries for these services. switch your DNS, and you're good to go. There are 26 apps that were banned: Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Reddit, Discord, Pinterest, Signal, Threads, WeChat, Quora, Tumblr, Clubhouse, Mastodon, MeWe, Rumble, VK, Line, IMO, Zalo, Soul, and Hamro Patro.
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amelius ◴[05 Sep 25 12:56 UTC] No.45137985[source]▶
> switch your DNS, and you're good to go

Except you might get a visit from the FCC equivalent.

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dahsameer ◴[05 Sep 25 13:14 UTC] No.45138167[source]▶
as long as my ISP doesn't snitch on me, I'm fine. ISPs also have a stake in this ban because the last time a block was implemented (on TikTok), people flocked to VPNs, which drove up bandwidth costs for them. so, I think while ISPs in Nepal are technically complying with the law by blocking these services, they're doing it in a way that’s intentionally easy to bypass. Now that TikTok is unbanned, the news of DNS switching is spreading quickly in Nepal through it
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1. bn-l ◴[05 Sep 25 14:59 UTC] No.45139353[source]▶
Does no one have the political power to ban tiktok? Even the American president couldn’t. It’s just too politically fraught because people get angry without their tiktok.