Guwahati, Sept. 8 -- Thousands of young people in Nepal staged a massive protest in Kathmandu on Monday, marching through the capital to demand that the government lift its social media ban and tackle the nation's deep-rooted corruption.

The government blocked access to 26 unregistered platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, and X, last Friday, leaving millions of users cut off from the services. Instagram, widely popular among young Nepalis for entertainment, news, and business, was also affected.

Carrying national flags, protesters - mostly from Generation Z - began their rally by singing the national anthem before chanting slogans against the social media restrictions and what they described as Nepal's entrenched corruption.

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