Massive protests erupted in Kathmandu after Nepal’s government blocked 26 social media platforms, resulting in at least 10 deaths and numerous injuries. Demonstrators, initially angered by the ban, voiced deeper concerns about corruption and the government’s authoritarian tendencies. The government defends its actions, citing a Supreme Court order and the need for platforms to comply with regulations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Massive protests erupted in Kathmandu after Nepal’s government blocked 26 social media platforms, resulting in at least 10 deaths and numerous injuries. Demonstrators, initially angered by the ban, voiced deeper concerns about corruption and the government’s authoritarian tendencies. The government defends its actions, citing a Supreme Court order and the need for platforms to comply… Read More »Social media ban in Nepal: What\u2019s behind the protests in Kathmandu; several killed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":61806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}