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Nepal is in complete meltdown after the government’s insane decision to BAN the internet’s largest platforms under the excuse of fighting “misinformation.” On September 4, 2025, Nepal’s ruling elites declared war on free speech, abruptly banning 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Reddit, citing “failure to register” under new regulations, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The heavy-handed ban backfired instantly. Thousands of angry young Nepalis, mostly Gen Z, poured into the streets. For years, they’ve lived under corruption, poverty, and elite privilege. Now, with their digital lifeline severed, they erupted in rage....

Monday, MTV celebrates its 30th birthday while Fox News continues to glance as lightly as possible at the Rupert Murdoch hacking scandal presently boiling in London, where so much wrong has taken place. Corruption swirled up from Murdoch's many media properties to Scotland Yard and even higher, to elected officials in the United Kingdom. Much as MTV has remade music, Murdoch has done the same with the news media. But as far as Murdoch is concerned, there is nothing at all to celebrate. With MTV, music became a slave to advertisement - after all, a music video is just a...

August 1 marks the 30th Anniversary of MTV. MTV revolutionized the way we looked at music and the VJs were a big part of shaping that vision. We want to know what it meant to you. Do you have fond memories of watching MTV or your favorite VJ? We’ll collect your stories through the month of August and post them here on the site as we get them. We will be accepting form entries starting Saturday, July 30th, 2011. Entries may be edited and become the property of 80sVjs.com.

A national political ad appeared on Comedy Central TV for the first time Wednesday night. Why hasn't that happened before? Because nobody thought voters were watching. But public perception of the channel, the home of such shows as "South Park," has changed as "The Colbert Report" and "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" have become must-stops for major political players and the places where many younger, well-informed voters get their news. GOP candidate Sen. John McCain has made 14 appearances on "The Daily Show," Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, three.With that in mind, the online hub MoveOn sponsored a 30-second pro-Obama...