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Nepal lifts social media ban after protests leave 19 dead, minister says

The decision came after 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the "Gen Z" protests on Monday against widespread corruption and the ban

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 09 Sep 2025 9:30AM

Nepal lifts social media ban after protests leave 19 dead, minister says
Nepali government rolls back the social media ban imposed last week - Sept 9, 2025

NEPAL has lifted a social media ban following protests that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, a government minister said on Tuesday

Reuters reported Cabinet spokesman and Communications and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung saying today, the government had rolled back the social media ban imposed last week.

The decision came after 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the "Gen Z" protests on Monday against widespread corruption and the ban.

"We have withdrawn the shutdown of the social media. They are working now," Gurung told Reuters. - Sept 9, 2025

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