Nepal Banned Social Media, So Students Burned the Country’s Parliament to the Ground
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Published 2 months ago in Facepalm
If you haven’t been following along, a student protest in Nepal, sparked by the government banning social media, culminated yesterday after a series of deadly incidents with students burning down their parliament.
The protests started after social media users began criticizing the lavish lifestyles of “Nepo Kids.” The #NepoKids hashtag, which was used to call out the lavish lifestyles and unfair privileges many children of Nepalese politicians are afforded, grew so popular that the government eventually turned off Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp.
Protestors in Nepal overthrew the government in less than 48 hours due to corruption. They refused a curfew, spread protests across all cities, fought police in roaming street battles, burnt down politicians' houses, stole military weapons, stormed the parliament & burnt it,… pic.twitter.com/ewlBnr95vm
— Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) September 9, 2025
However, that only added more fuel to the fire (so to speak).
According to CNN, the unemployment rate for “youth aged 15-24 in Nepal was 20.8 percent in 2024,” or double the unemployment rate for 15- to 24-year-olds in the U.S.
Again, so in response, the youth burned down the government and sent a number of high-ranking government officials into hiding.
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