Interesting to note that the teens and young adults who overthrew the government elected their new prime minister on Discord, and the military acknowledged the election and put the winner in place.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 88 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

A government tried to ban social media and then a spontaneous uprising quickly installed a new prime minister using social media. I'm not going to speculate because I don't know enough about the situation (or Nepal in general tbh), but just those basic facts are concerning imo

[–] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Elections on social media? I'm out glhf

[–] WildWeezing420@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Ban American social media after it was being used to foment a western NGO backed coup*