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Nepal ends social media ban after deadly protests

Demonstrators clash with riot police personnel during a protest outside the Parliament in Kathmandu on September 8, 2025. (Photo by PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP)

Nepal rolled back its social media ban on Tuesday, a day after at least 19 people were killed in youth protests demanding that the government lift its restrictions and tackle corruption.

All major social media apps were working, an AFP reporter in Kathmandu said, as the government ordered a probe into the violence that saw police launch one of the deadliest crackdowns on protesters for years.

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