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Nepal bans social media(Facebook, X, Reddit, Mastodon, Discord, Signal, YouTube and more) for failing to register with the government; Only 7 to be open(Viber, TikTok, Telegram and more) (en.setopati.com)
submitted 1 day ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] Das_Fossil@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are there any instance administrators in Nepal to jail?

[–] Das_Fossil@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Well... we will see

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.com 1 points 15 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.