22 organizations advocating for digital rights issued a joint statement against the Nepal government's decision to deactivate social media platforms. Expressing serious concern about such a ban, they have expressed their opposition and condemnation of this move.

"The ongoing parliamentary process regarding the Social Media Bill is a step taken through an administrative decision ignoring the serious impact on the jurisdiction of the Parliament, civil rights and freedom," the statement said, "It has seriously attacked constitutional fundamental rights and international democratic principles." Organizations opposing the

include Digital Freedom Coalition, Internet Governance Institute, Digital Rights Nepal, Freedom Forum Nepal, Media Action Nepal, Internet Society Nepal Chapter, Antenna Foundation Nepal, Digital Media. Foundation, Youth IGF Nepal, Forum for Digital Equality, Child Safenet etc. Organizations issuing

statements have warned that social media is an important platform for citizens to express their opinions, communicate with each other, participate in public debates and hold the government accountable, and that its ban will negatively affect freedom of the press, right to information, right to organize, and entrepreneurship and innovation.

Claiming that the government has banned social media by misinterpreting the order of the Supreme Court, it is said in the statement, "The court has instructed to create a law for regulation, not to impose an immediate ban." Taking administrative steps while the law-making process is going on in the parliament is against the rule of law and democratic values.

Organized bodies have presented three main demands to the government:
1. The arbitrary administrative decision to disable social media platforms without legislative legal basis should be immediately reversed.
2. The regulation of social networks should be done only on the basis of the freedom of expression guaranteed by the constitution, the right of communication, the right to organize, the right to information and the law to be passed by the parliament in accordance with international human rights laws and standards.
3. Ensure the meaningful participation of stakeholders in the ongoing parliamentary process of making laws related to social media.

These organizations have asked the government to withdraw the trend of banning without regard to civil rights and freedoms as dangerous for democracy and good governance.