Discord Played a Decisive Role in Spreading False Information During the Protest, Dialogue Revealed

March 24, Kathmandu – The Inquiry Commission has highlighted that the Discord platform was instrumental in the preparation and coordination of the pro-democracy protest on September 8th and 9th (Bhadra 23 and 24 in the Nepali calendar).

The commission conducted a separate incident analysis titled “False Information and Risk of Infiltration,” revealing that during the protest, false rumors about sexual assaults in hostels and exaggerated death tolls were spread. These misinformation campaigns reportedly incited the crowd, as detailed in the report.

Protesters themselves had expressed concerns about potential infiltration by political workers and other vested interest groups.

The protest primarily used Discord servers named “Youth Hub” and “Youth Against Corruption.” The “Youth Hub” server had been active since September 7th (Bhadra 22) and was used to create various channels named after different locations and for multiple purposes.

Similarly, the “Youth Against Corruption” Discord server’s admin was identified as “We are Nepal.”

The Inquiry Commission has also presented the conversations that took place within these servers.