Nepal's Socialist Government Banned Social Media, So Activists Plotted a Revolution—on Discord.
The country's transition leader was selected not at the ballot box but on a 100,000-person Discord chat.
(Photo: Nepali student protesters clash with police near the Federal Parliament building in Kathmandu; Dipesh Darshandhari/Alamy Live News)
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This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Discord Revolution in the Himalayas."
