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14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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560 points whatsupdog | 7 comments | 08 Sep 25 11:24 UTC | HN request time: 1.17s | source | bottom
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lionturtle ◴[08 Sep 25 11:52 UTC] No.45167176[source]▶
It was absolutely not just social media ban, it was mostly youth protesting against the corrupt government and unfairness, social media ban was one element that was against the freedom of speech, but it was right around the time where everyone was documenting the rich politicians, their business connections and their families that have been living lavishly and just inheriting the election seats from generation to generation and spinning beurocracy to their sides.

I was there a few hours ago. It was a class struggle, but it was bound to be spun up as "kids don't get facebook and throw tantrum".

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1. brightball ◴[08 Sep 25 14:54 UTC] No.45169106[source]▶
People go out of their way to control information.

Michael Shellenberger's site was blocked in Europe by the European Parliament after posting information for "The Twitter Files - France" which he's schedule to be testifying about to the House Foreign Affairs committee tomorrow.

https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1963951509928079384

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2. whimsicalism ◴[08 Sep 25 14:55 UTC] No.45169121[source]▶
to be extremely clear - it was blocked in the European Parliament network, not all of Europe by the EP
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3. throwawayq3423 ◴[08 Sep 25 17:25 UTC] No.45171081[source]▶
Be even more clear, there isn't a single claim any of the Twitter files have made that have been substantiated.

These are pseudo journalists running cover for their billionaire benefactors.

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4. brightball ◴[08 Sep 25 17:42 UTC] No.45171332{3}[source]▶
According to whom?
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5. SLWW ◴[08 Sep 25 20:38 UTC] No.45173660{3}[source]▶
Hilarious that the supposed validity of information is the metric in which you forgive any possibility of censure.

You people aren't real, I am convinced; no human being is this foolish if left to themselves.

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6. throwawayq3423 ◴[09 Sep 25 04:36 UTC] No.45177454{4}[source]▶
Would you like to try again to use words to actually say something?
7. throwawayq3423 ◴[09 Sep 25 04:38 UTC] No.45177467{4}[source]▶
The entire thing collapsed when Elon abandoned it after less than convincing results then the journalist he handpicked for it turned on Elon.

It didn't prove any of the conclusions they had clearly already decided were true.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4536394-twitter-files-jou...