All but these 7 social media platforms to be blocked in Nepal
en.setopati.com
The government has decided to deactivate all social media platforms except for seven that have registered or applied for registration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36863320

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Viber, WeTalk, TikTok, Nimbuzz, and Poppo Live are already registered.

Similarly, Telegram and Global Diary are in the process of registration.

Social media platforms to be blocked:

  1. Facebook
  2. Facebook Messenger
  3. Instagram
  4. YouTube
  5. WhatsApp
  6. X (formerly Twitter)
  7. LinkedIn
  8. Snapchat
  9. Reddit
  10. Discord
  11. Pinterest
  12. Signal
  13. Threads
  14. WeChat
  15. Quora
  16. Tumblr
  17. Clubhouse
  18. Mastodon
  19. Rumble
  20. MeWe
  21. VK
  22. Line
  23. IMO
  24. Zalo
  25. Soul
  26. Hamro Patro
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  • Das_Fossil@feddit.orgEnglish
    7·
    18 hours ago

    Its totaly easy:

    1. Ban the apps
    2. Block major instances
    3. Jail some instance admins who doesn’t shut down (and make a show out of it)

    No, you will not get the hobby revolutionary this way who really wants to “fight the man”, but you surely will scare away the nepalese version of the average joe and with this effectively killing the networks there for main stream adoption.

    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      17 hours ago

      Not familiar with the other examples, but Lemmy doesn’t need an app. Can get to it via browser. Maybe the others need one?

      • Das_Fossil@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        17 hours ago

        Websites you can block via DNS - yes, i know that this can also be fairly easy circumvented - but the folks who know this are NOT the target audience for state action like that.

        • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.comEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          Oh, yeah I know that sites can be blocked easily enough. My comment was more about whether specific apps are needed. For example, I rarely put apps for specific websites on my phone and instead just use the browser. Cuts way down on ads and other bullshit.