14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

So where's the donkey and where's the cart.

It reads like: citizens have been protesting the government using social media, government desperate to curb dissent bans social media, dissent is now on the streets..

Or maybe it's as straightforward as the media has been reporting.

It shows that the Nepalese have a higher civic response compared to many in the West, just look at the Brits, where in effect there is a social media ban on lots and lots of things that affect day-to-day life.

The only ban on media I've seen is from Farage, who's banned the media from covering local government where he has the power

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-media-...

Trump has a similar playbook.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-white-house-press-pool-b...

Then there's also the normal US style limits (fighting words are banned, speech which harms big companies is banned, "obscenity" is restricted or banned, death threats to the president are banned (the UK also bans threats to people who aren't the president)