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#12713309

4 September 2025

A Nepali X (formerly Twitter) user opens the mobile app on September 4, 2025, following the announcement of the government to ban the social media platform in the Himalayan nation. The meeting in Nepal on September 4, 2025, attended by Communication and Information Technology Minister Prithivi Subba Gurung, ministry officials, representatives from the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, telecom operators, and internet service providers, makes the decision. According to ministry officials, all unregistered platforms are restricted with immediate effect. The government sets a seven-day deadline for mandatory registration, which expires on September 3, 2025. Currently, platforms such as Viber, TikTok, Wetalk, and Nimbuzz are registered, while Telegram and Global Diary are in the process.

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#12713310

4 September 2025

A Nepali Instagram user opens the mobile app on September 4, 2025, following the announcement of the government to ban the social media platform in the Himalayan nation. The meeting in Nepal on September 4, 2025, attended by Communication and Information Technology Minister Prithivi Subba Gurung, ministry officials, representatives from the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, telecom operators, and internet service providers, makes the decision. According to ministry officials, all unregistered platforms are restricted with immediate effect. The government sets a seven-day deadline for mandatory registration, which expires on September 3, 2025. Currently, platforms such as Viber, TikTok, Wetalk, and Nimbuzz are registered, while Telegram and Global Diary are in the process.

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#12713311

4 September 2025

Social media apps appear on the screen of a phone of a Nepali user in Nepal on September 4, 2025, following the government's announcement to ban the social media platform in the Himalayan nation. The meeting held in Nepal on September 4, 2025, attended by Communication and Information Technology Minister Prithivi Subba Gurung, ministry officials, representatives from the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, telecom operators, and internet service providers, makes the decision. According to ministry officials, all unregistered platforms are restricted with immediate effect. The government sets a seven-day deadline for mandatory registration, which expires on September 3, 2025. Currently, platforms such as Viber, TikTok, Wetalk, and Nimbuzz are registered, while Telegram and Global Diary are in the process.

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#12713312

4 September 2025

A Nepali X (formerly Twitter) user opens the mobile app on September 4, 2025, following the announcement of the government to ban the social media platform in the Himalayan nation. The meeting in Nepal on September 4, 2025, attended by Communication and Information Technology Minister Prithivi Subba Gurung, ministry officials, representatives from the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, telecom operators, and internet service providers, makes the decision. According to ministry officials, all unregistered platforms are restricted with immediate effect. The government sets a seven-day deadline for mandatory registration, which expires on September 3, 2025. Currently, platforms such as Viber, TikTok, Wetalk, and Nimbuzz are registered, while Telegram and Global Diary are in the process.

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#12713313

4 September 2025

A Nepali Facebook user opens the mobile app on September 4, 2025, following the announcement of the government to ban the social media platform in the Himalayan nation. The meeting in Nepal on September 4, 2025, attended by Communication and Information Technology Minister Prithivi Subba Gurung, ministry officials, representatives from the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, telecom operators, and internet service providers, makes the decision. According to ministry officials, all unregistered platforms are restricted with immediate effect. The government sets a seven-day deadline for mandatory registration, which expires on September 3, 2025. Currently, platforms such as Viber, TikTok, Wetalk, and Nimbuzz are registered, while Telegram and Global Diary are in the process.

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#12713307

4 September 2025

A Nepali YouTube user opens the mobile app on September 4, 2025, following the announcement of the government to ban the social media platform in the Himalayan nation. The meeting in Nepal on September 4, 2025, attended by Communication and Information Technology Minister Prithivi Subba Gurung, ministry officials, representatives from the Nepal Telecommunication Authority, telecom operators, and internet service providers, makes the decision. According to ministry officials, all unregistered platforms are restricted with immediate effect. The government sets a seven-day deadline for mandatory registration, which expires on September 3, 2025. Currently, platforms such as Viber, TikTok, Wetalk, and Nimbuzz are registered, while Telegram and Global Diary are in the process.

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#12704023

1 September 2025

The Huawei logo, the Chinese multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, smart devices, and various rooftop solar products, is displayed on their pavilion over the slogan ''Accelerating the Intelligent World'' during the Mobile World Congress 2025 on March 5, 2025, in Barcelona, Spain.

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#12704019

1 September 2025

The Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson logo, which represents the Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company known for selling infrastructure, software, and services in information and communications technology and for inventing Bluetooth, is displayed at their pavilion during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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#12704041

1 September 2025

A 6G logo, the anticipated designation for a future technical standard of sixth-generation technology for wireless communications, is displayed on a screen with a flaming orange background and the slogan ''Intelligent Connectivity'' at the Mediatek pavilion during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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#12704042

1 September 2025

A 6G logo, the anticipated designation for a future technical standard of sixth-generation technology for wireless communications, is displayed in blue during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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#12704051

1 September 2025

A 6G logo, the anticipated designation for a future technical standard of sixth-generation technology for wireless communications, is displayed on a screen with the slogan ''Intelligent Connectivity'' at the Mediatek pavilion during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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#12704053

1 September 2025

A 6G logo, the anticipated designation for a future technical standard of sixth-generation technology for wireless communications, is displayed in blue during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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#12704054

1 September 2025

A 6G logo, the anticipated designation for a future technical standard of sixth-generation technology for wireless communications, is displayed in blue during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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#12704018

1 September 2025

The Ciena Corporation logo, the American optical networking systems and software company, is displayed at their pavilion during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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#12703938

1 September 2025

A screen shows the social impact of an AI Mobility Society through WAKONX Mobility, a business platform by the Japanese company KDDI, designed to further accelerate Japan's digitalization during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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#12703943

1 September 2025

The KDDI Corporation logo, the Japanese telecommunications operator and the second-largest mobile telecommunications provider in Japan, is displayed on their pavilion during the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025.

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