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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: 0s | 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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qwerty456127 ◴[05 Sep 25 19:48 UTC] No.45142840[source]▶
Blocking Signal or Reddit sounds bizarre for a civilized democratic country. What sense can that make other than denying people the right for privacy of personal communications or uncensored information access? I am very surprised Nepal goes this way.
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stainablesteel ◴[05 Sep 25 20:07 UTC] No.45143033[source]▶
maybe this is odd but i just have to ask, do you consider reddit usage to be the sign of a civilized democracy?
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1. AdrianB1 ◴[05 Sep 25 21:04 UTC] No.45143594[source]▶
Reddit, civilized and democracy are not strongly correlated. Free speech and civilized, they are.