Nepal’s prime minister resigned Tuesday as protests escalated following a ban on popular social media platforms and the deaths of 19 protesters.

The public outrage over the ban and the deaths on Monday exposed deep discontent over corruption, with protests growing increasingly violent.

Led by mostly teenagers and young adults, the protests revealed a broader resentment in Nepal, where many people have increasingly become angry with the government over a range of issues, mostly to do with corruption and frustration over nepotism in the country’s politics.

Demonstrations in Nepal have been called the protest of Gen Z, which generally refers to people born between 1995 and 2010.

They were largely in response to the ban that went into effect last week and government’s larger attempt to regulate social media through a bill that requires platforms to register and submit to local oversight and regulations.

The bill, which has not yet been fully debated in parliament, has been widely criticized as a tool for censorship and punishing opponents who voice their protests online.

Rights groups have called it an attempt by the government to curb freedom of expression and violate fundamental rights.

At the same time, the protests were also a tipping point of a longstanding sentiment against politicians, their families and concerns over corruption.

AP video by Upendra Mansingh, Binaj Gurubacharya