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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) in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Das_Fossil@feddit.org 2 points 4 days 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.

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) in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Das_Fossil@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago

Well... we will see

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) in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Das_Fossil@feddit.org 8 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Its totaly easy:

Ban the apps
Block major instances
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.

Italian dockworkers threaten Israel cargo ban if Gaza flotilla blocked in c/europe@feddit.org

[–] Das_Fossil@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, i am pretty sure Israel will find other happy buyers for their goods... and the dockworkers will find new jobs soon.

Still no EU action on Israel, despite Gaza famine in c/europe@feddit.org

[–] Das_Fossil@feddit.org -2 points 1 week ago

Or better: Proof that we (as EU) have bigger problems at the moment.