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14 killed as police open fire on Gen Z protest in Baneshwar (kathmandupost.com)

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 22 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Do labels like “Gen Z” really span the globe? I know they start out being defined as an age range and obviously there are young and old people everywhere.

But the way we name generations and refer to them as groups with shared characteristics is, I think, culturally specific.

Are 80yo people in India actually “boomers?” Did they experience a post-WW2 baby boom, a sexual revolution, a “me” movement, explosive divorce rates etc? I’m sure that there are inter-generational tensions everywhere and I’m sure young people in India sometimes roll their eyes at their elders. That doesn’t make them “boomers.”

In general I always thought these were western or specifically American generational labels that don’t necessarily translate globally (though I suppose for younger generations the internet has made the experience of growing up somewhat more globally shared).

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

If they wanted to use the generational moniker to humanize the young people shot in the head, it's fine, it's better than how media sites usually water-down or downplay the most horrific things while amplifying the stupid shit to levels of global panic.

[+] masterspace@lemmy.ca -32 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Honestly don't understand the protests. The government should ban social media sites that don't comply with basic safety regulations.

Of course, regardless of the original cause, now that the government has executed 14 protesters, that will be the cause.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 41 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Making the internet no longer anonymous is a global push from fascists right now.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 19 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Basic safety regulations? I just skimmed the 2023 act and that shit was never gonna fly, and it feels like that was the point. Basically the only way way anyone can comply is to branch off a Nepal version of their site and do whatever they're told.

And I don't know why we'd be acting high and mighty here. mastodon and presumably lemmy are blocked along with the rest.

[+] masterspace@lemmy.ca -6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

The document is right here, chapter 2 is like a page of bullet points:

https://www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Nepal.Social-Media-Bill_2025_Eng.pdf

All it requires is that they establish a single legal representative in the country. Nothing about spinning off separate companies.

Brazil requires the same. It is not a crazy regulation to require a company operating in your country to have a legal representative there.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

... That is absolutely not all it requires. The document you linked is only 19 pages long. Surely you can be bothered to look past the first two? The platform must police itself per the rules in the document or face license revocation, and the rules are broad and have the classic 'contrary to national interest' out for whatever the government wants. The point of a separate platform is that nobody is going to enforce these rules globally, so it would have to be a Nepal only branch of the site.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca -5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

The point of a separate platform is that nobody is going to enforce these rules globally, so it would have to be a Nepal only branch of the site.

Multiple social media networks did comply.

It's mind boggling that half the threads are bitching about Zuckerberg wasting billions, and everyone in here is whining that it would be too expensive for Facebook to pay someone in Nepal to be their representative.

And yes, do read Chapter 12 and notice that literally only a single regulation in there is remotely problematic, and it's the broad national interest one. Literally all the rest are just 'respect user privacy', and 'respond to court orders', and the like.

[–] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

This is the main purpose of the act tho. The license can be revoked at any time if the government determines that a network "disturbs the national peace".

That's the point.

Also, Chapter 12.1, line (h): only allows access to the platform after verifying the real identity of a person.