Police in Nepal open fire on protesters outside parliament, killing 17
Rallies swept the streets of Kathmandu around the Parliament building, which was surrounded by tens of thousands of people angry over the decision by authorities to block most social media platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube. Officials said the companies had failed to register and submit to government oversight.
https://apnews.com/article/nepal-protest-social-media-ban-1ac9efd7d2f28783cc9f2be60edfa1da #Nepal #SocialMedia #Censorship
deutrino
npub13u…9h6m3
2025-09-08 13:29:37 UTC
Author Public Key
npub13u83je7lsxpa2hwk6rr6n76tl7xnq4an2q24u3wt7uwvg2uuz9fq09h6m3Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2025-09-08 13:29:37 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "336417a7d3f8e7d6a46b1e5ab7acfc3323fbb389f452ff8a0bb0153ac1b26064",
"pubkey": "8f0f1967df8183d55dd6d0c7a9fb4bff8d3057b350155e45cbf71cc42b9c1152",
"created_at": 1757338177,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"censorship"
],
[
"content-warning",
"Nepal police murder protestors of social media ban"
],
[
"t",
"nepal"
],
[
"t",
"socialmedia"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mstdn.io/@deutrino/115168914815537200",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mstdn.io/users/deutrino/statuses/115168914815537200",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mstdn.io/users/deutrino/statuses/115168914815537200",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Police in Nepal open fire on protesters outside parliament, killing 17\n\nRallies swept the streets of Kathmandu around the Parliament building, which was surrounded by tens of thousands of people angry over the decision by authorities to block most social media platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube. Officials said the companies had failed to register and submit to government oversight.\n\nhttps://apnews.com/article/nepal-protest-social-media-ban-1ac9efd7d2f28783cc9f2be60edfa1da #Nepal #SocialMedia #Censorship",
"sig": "417eca29849e18ce3a62112dbe048f5914bfc05ffc6c9091066348d6e2c619380c72e9d6c863955359052e4c8b6e4ae3211e278b80b26d219265634ee81407b5"
}