At least 19 people have been killed and scores of others injured in violent protests in Kathmandu against alleged government corruption and a new social media ban, state TV reported.
The unrest follows Nepal’s move last week to block access to platforms including Facebook, X and YouTube, after companies failed to register with authorities in a crackdown on alleged misuse.
“Stop the ban on social media, stop corruption not social media,” the crowds chanted, waving the red and blue national flags.
About two dozen social network platforms that are widely used in Nepal were repeatedly given notices to register their companies officially in the country, the government said.
Those which failed to register have been blocked since last week.
TikTok, Viber and three other platforms have registered and operate without interruption.
Anthony Albanese to make maiden UN speech on social media ban with Aussie mum who lost her teen to suicide
Anthony Albanese will sell our groundbreaking social media age ban to the world alongside Australian mum Emma Mason who lost her teen daughter to suicide.
That’s a surprise. Or is Trumpy himself, not the government, taking a slice for his own evil personal gain? 
Anthony Albanese and Michael “Wippa" Wipfli from Nova are speaking at the United Nations (later today our time).
This seems like a logical and well thought out list.
GitHub? I thought we wanted to encourage young people to get into coding.
Lego? Another odd choice.
Of course there’s a handful of no brainers in there (like the dating sites) but to me it seems that this list was created by someone who is technologically illiterate.
Don’t get me wrong, the broader concept of the social media ban has good intentions, but the execution and communication so far around this seems to leave plenty to be desired (for me anyway).
Why the hell is Steam on there? Since when is Steam suddenly a social media platform?
‘No plans’ to roll out Facebook Dating in Australia as Meta launches AI ‘dating assistant’ in US
Facebook Australia has revealed it doesn’t have any plans to launch Facebook Dating in Australia, despite ramping up the tools and offering in North America.
Facebook Dating is a free platform within the existing Facebook app, which claims to “[make] it easier to find love by meeting and starting conversations with people who share your interests”.
This week, Meta announced Facebook Dating would help people “avoid swipe fatigue” by launching an AI dating assistant.
Meta said the AI bot will give users “personalised help on [their] dating journey”, and will find better matches based on interests and preferences.
The tools are being gradually rolled out across the US and Canada, where Meta said “hundreds of thousands” of 18 to 29-year-olds are already creating Facebook Dating profiles every month.
A local Meta spokesperson, however, told Mumbrella: “We currently don’t have plans to roll out Facebook Dating in Australia.”
If Steam gets banned I hope they revert that quickly. Not happening
Transcript of the PM’s speech at the United Nations on social media
Swinburne University of Technology will shut its X (formerly Twitter) account, “consciously uncoupling” from the social media platform at the end of the month.
Swinburne academics will still be allowed to use X in line with university policy.
Along with Oracle, private equity firm Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi-based investment fund MGX will be main investors in the new U.S. entity, controlling about 45% of it
Australian social media users are having their accounts banned for no reason amid calls for a crackdown on tech giants such as Meta using AI bots to wreak havoc on lives and small businesses.
Federal authorities have reported a surge of complaints nationwide, including from South Australians, over claims users were wrongly accused of breaking online rules.
The small-business watchdog has reported growing numbers of owners having accounts – in many instances the only way they communicate with customers – mysteriously disabled without an explanation or avenues of appeal.
Meta, which has more than three billion Facebook users and two billion Instagram customers, is reported to use artificial intelligence technology to make its decisions without any human input.