India, Sept. 8 -- The Nepal protest, also widely termed as the "Gen Z protest" against the social media ban, took a dark turn with the death toll reaching up to 19. The streets of Kathmandu echoed with chants of "Shut down corruption, not social media!"

What began as a government-imposed ban on 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube, on 4th September 2025, quickly transformed into a vocal yet violent protest.

While Nepalese citizens erupted in rage, the official statement from the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology was clear. According to the statement, these platforms had failed to comply with local regulations. They were given a seven-day deadline to register their o...