The next time someone tells you the youth aren’t engaged enough in politics, just point them to Nepal. According to multiple reports, the youth of the South Asian nation managed to oust the existing government following an attempted ban of major social media platforms and took to Discord to hold an impromptu convention to elect an interim prime minister.

Earlier this week, demonstrations led primarily by students and youth groups took to the streets of Nepal to protest the decision of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to ban operations of social platforms (including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Twitter) in the country after accusing the companies of failing to appoint liaisons to hear the demands of the Nepali government. Some citizens of the country believe the crackdown came

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