Kathmandu, July 24 -- At 7:21pm on Monday, as Nepal trailed Bangladesh 0-1 in the final game of the SAFF U20 Women's Championship, the All Nepal Football Association posted an update on its official Facebook page: "Trailing 1-0 after 35 minutes of play."

Minutes later, the country's football governing body disabled the comment section. The censorship didn't stop there-subsequent posts followed suit.

By that time, the post had already gathered 74 comments, ranging from motivational messages-urging the team to fight back-to harsh criticism and personal attacks directed at players, coaches, and ANFA officials.

According to ANFA officials, the decision to disable comments was prompted by a surge in inflammatory and disruptive messages that...