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Youth Group in Nepal Overthrows Government, Elects New Leader via Discord Poll
['Victor Tangermann', 'Senior Editor', 'Joe Wilkins', 'Frank Landymore', 'Sharon Adarlo']
Futurism
Nepal’s government collapsed this week following an ill-advised attempt to ban social media outright.
The lifting of the social media ban on Monday was unable to quell a surge in anger.
Ironically, social media — one of the core aspects of this week’s clashes — has turned into an important forum as protesters looked to elect a new leader.
As the New York Times reports, young people are using Discord, a group chat platform conventionally used for playing video games, to debate Nepal’s fate — and future leader.
“The Parliament of Nepal right now is Discord,” a 23-year-old content creator told the newspaper.
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