All but these 7 social media platforms to be blocked in Nepal
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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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  • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Yeah but all that crap you mention is for corporations, for agencies that extract value from a country thus the country wants to see some compensation for it. To my knowledge, I don’t need no stinkin’ legal office representation in a country if all I want is to exchange messages with someone there. That’s what eg.: snail mail services are for. Otherwise it would literally kill the economical feasibility of any such kind of service (yeah, I know, that’s the point).

    What they’re demanding, mostly, is that they have a known human being who will cooperate with the government

    Cooperate, or “cooperate”? Important distinction, in particular for small platforms.

    If you have a company operating in a nation, that nation

    See, half the entire point of the Fediverse is that it’s not a company - heck, it’s not even many companies! This is all about people using “snail mail BUT ON THE INTERNET” to speak to each other.

    • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
      1·
      21 hours ago

      You as a person don’t need direct representation, usually (though having a lawyer ready us always a benefit). The only way to stop the social media companies from extracting value and facilitating harmful criminal behavior is to stop their actions completely. Yes, that affects people. Yes, that means people won’t be able to use an online service. But if all social media went away tomorrow, the only one I’d actually miss would be YouTube.

      Fediverse instances have a different structure, and what should happen is that the owner of each instance that wants to operate in Nepal should register with the government, and only federate with those who are also registered. Otherwise, you’ve lost out on a country that barely us a blip on the Internet radar, with the exception of rich, entitled, jerks ruining Everest and adding to the colossal body count.

      No matter what, it’s not worth dying for. Protesting in favor of big companies is dumb from the start. Protesting in favor of niche platforms is dumb. Don’t risk your life for anything but life-and-death situations.