Clashes as protesters in Nepal surround parliament
Tens of thousands of protesters, on Monday, said that companies could not register on the streets of Nepal’s capital, and that they did not resort to government supervision, so that most social media platforms, including Facebook, X and Youtube, ventilated their anger against their anger against the decision to block.
On Monday, the protesters went through the thorny wires and forced the Riot police to retreat as they surrounded the parliament building.
The police fired the tear gas and water ball, but in the parliamentary complex, the number of more and seeking security.
The situation remained nervous and the government announced on Monday to exit the curfew around Parliament, Government Secretariat, the Presidential House and the locks of the city.
“Stop the ban on social media, stop corruption, not on social media,” the crowds shook red and blue national flags.
The rally on Monday was called the protest of Gen Z, which usually referred to people born between 1995-2010.
The government said that approximately two dozen social network platforms, which are widely used in Nepal, have been re -notified to officially register their companies to the country.
Those who could not register have been blocked since last week.
Tiktok, Viber and three other platforms registered and worked.
The movement made by the authorities came because the government sent a bill for a debate that wanted to ensure that the government’s social platforms in parliament were “properly managed, responsible and accountable”.
He asks companies to score a score in a contact office or country.
The bill was criticized as a tool to punish the competitors of the censorship and government, which expressed its protests online.
Right groups called the government’s attempt to reduce freedom of expression and violate fundamental rights.
In Nepal 2023, he banned Tiktok for breaking “social adaptation, goodwill and diffuse materials”.
Tiktok’s executives have promised to comply with local laws, including the prohibition of pornographic sites adopted in 2018, the law was abolished in 2024.
