After banning social media apps in Nepal, a huge protest started, which has now taken violent form. The government had banned many social media apps including Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp, handing over the rules. After this, 20 people died and 300 were injured in violent protests across the country. This is not the first time a country has banned social media. Even before this, many countries have done this. Let’s take a look at the list of these countries.

China

After the riots in Shinjiang province in 2009, the Chinese government banned companies like Facebook, X and Google. The government had imposed this ban to maintain political control, prevent anti -government information from reaching people and allegedly protect its citizens from foreign influence. This ban is still going on on foreign apps and only apps of local companies can be used here.

Iran

Since 2009, social media platforms have been banned in Iran and apps like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp cannot be accessed here. This ban was imposed as a result of anti -government movements. However, this ban could not succeed completely and now people here are using social media apps through VPN.

Turkas

Turki also banned apps like Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia in the name of action and security against terrorism. This ban imposed in 2014 had to be removed in 2016. It proved to be a temporary ban and the government later had to withdraw its decision.

Egypt

Egypt took large -scale demonstrations in 2011 and is known as Arab Spring. Many people consider it to be the first big change through social media. Due to this demonstration across the country, the government there fell. After this, social media apps were banned here.

Pakistan

In India’s neighboring country, Pakistan was banned from 2021 to 2011 on YouTube, X and Ticketops. The Government of Pakistan had banned these platforms while taking action on allegations of hurting religious sentiments and spreading obscenity. However, later the decision had to be withdrawn.

Russia

After the war with Ukraine in 2022, Russia banned several apps including Facebook and Instagram. Russia said that these apps are promoting war propaganda. Now local apps are being promoted in their place.

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