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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: 0.201s | 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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lighttower ◴[05 Sep 25 15:05 UTC] No.45139431[source]▶
TikTok is still allowed? Isn't it the most damaging?
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1. lawlessone ◴[05 Sep 25 19:29 UTC] No.45142640[source]▶
>Isn't it the most damaging?

Depends on who you ask. I'd consider it damaging but nowhere near as damaging as X in recent times. And would consider FB worse that both for sheer the hysteria it generates in the old.