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How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media ban

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media banRiot police fire tear gas into crowds of demonstrators in Kathmandu on Sept. 8, 2025.Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images

Days of unrest in Nepal have resulted in the ousting of a deeply unpopular government and the deaths of at least 50 people.

The Gen Z-led protests – so-called due to the predominance of young Nepalese among the...

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