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=== Social media ===
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=== Social media ===
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[[Generation Z]],
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[[Generation Z]], [[Digital native|grew up in the age of the Internet]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Tessa |date=2025-09-23 |title=Gen Z uprising in Asia shows social media is a double-edged sword |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4ljv39em7o |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> commonly used [[social media]] as a platform to help organize and coordinate these protests.<ref name=”:1″ /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chow |first=Yanni |date=2025-10-01 |title=The Rise and Spread of Gen Z Protests |url=https://www.visionofhumanity.org/the-rise-and-spread-of-gen-z-protests/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=Vision of Humanity |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ikoku |first=Obiora |date=2025-09-07 |title=A Year Later, Africa’s Gen Z Uprising Is Only More Emboldened |url=https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-year-later-africas-gen-z-uprising-is-only-more-emboldened/ |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=ZNetwork |language=en-US}}</ref> Protestors in Morocco and Nepal frequently communicated via the messaging platform [[Discord]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sauvage |first=Grégoire |date=2025-10-02 |title=Generation Z is stirring up rebellion across borders, from Morocco to Madagascar |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251002-generation-z-is-stirring-up-rebellion-across-borders-from-morocco-to-madagascar |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=[[France 24]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taheri |first=Mandy |date=2025-10-03 |title=From Morocco to Nepal, Gen Z Is Using Discord To Rise Up |url=https://www.newsweek.com/morocco-nepal-gen-z-is-using-discord-rise-up-10821410 |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> and other apps like [[Instagram]], [[TikTok]] and [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] have also been noted as platforms for communication and spreading awareness during the Gen Z protests generally.<ref name=”:5″ />
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While the protests in Nepal were initially peaceful or online, a government ban on social media in September 2025 spurred [[direct action]] as Gen Z protestors claimed the ban as censorship. The protestors spread [[short videos]] on Facebook and TikTok alleging corruption and nepotism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=KC |first=Luna |date=2025-09-25 |title=Gen Z protests brought about change in Nepal via the powers — and perils — of social media |url=http://theconversation.com/gen-z-protests-brought-about-change-in-nepal-via-the-powers-and-perils-of-social-media-265365 |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref> In Morocco, the GenZ 212 Discord server surged from 3,000 members to over 150,000 by 2 October, showing the rapid spread of the movement among youth.<ref name=”:7″>{{Cite news |last=Eljechtimi |first=Ahmed |date=2025-10-02 |title=Morocco’s prime minister calls for dialogue as nightly protests grow more violent |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/morocco-prime-minister-calls-dialogue-nightly-protests-grow-more-violent-2025-10-02/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref> Online coordination, in particular using Discord, was also used for a followup political process in the Nepalese case: the [[2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests#Digital coordination|online election]] of a temporary prime minister for a transitionary period.<ref name=”AJE_GenZ_Discord_PM”>{{cite Q|Q136433026|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=”NYT_politics_chat_room”>{{Cite news |last=Baskar |first=Pranav |date=11 September 2025 |title=Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/asia/nepal-protest-genz-discord.html |url-access=limited<!–needs javascript–> |archive-url=https://archive.today/2025.09.17-010122/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/asia/nepal-protest-genz-discord.html |archive-date=2025-09-17 |access-date=12 September 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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While the protests in Nepal were initially peaceful or online, a government ban on social media in September 2025 spurred [[direct action]] as Gen Z protestors claimed the ban as censorship. The protestors spread [[short videos]] on Facebook and TikTok alleging corruption and nepotism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=KC |first=Luna |date=2025-09-25 |title=Gen Z protests brought about change in Nepal via the powers — and perils — of social media |url=http://theconversation.com/gen-z-protests-brought-about-change-in-nepal-via-the-powers-and-perils-of-social-media-265365 |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref> In Morocco, the GenZ 212 Discord server surged from 3,000 members to over 150,000 by 2 October, showing the rapid spread of the movement among youth.<ref name=”:7″>{{Cite news |last=Eljechtimi |first=Ahmed |date=2025-10-02 |title=Morocco’s prime minister calls for dialogue as nightly protests grow more violent |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/morocco-prime-minister-calls-dialogue-nightly-protests-grow-more-violent-2025-10-02/ |access-date=2025-10-02 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref> Online coordination, in particular using Discord, was also used for a followup political process in the Nepalese case: the [[2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests#Digital coordination|online election]] of a temporary prime minister for a transitionary period.<ref name=”AJE_GenZ_Discord_PM”>{{cite Q|Q136433026|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=”NYT_politics_chat_room”>{{Cite news |last=Baskar |first=Pranav |date=11 September 2025 |title=Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/asia/nepal-protest-genz-discord.html |url-access=limited<!–needs javascript–> |archive-url=https://archive.today/2025.09.17-010122/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/asia/nepal-protest-genz-discord.html |archive-date=2025-09-17 |access-date=12 September 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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