NEW DELHI: Weeks after Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and Kashmir government imposed ban on social media websites in the valley, a 16-year-old boy developed an app to keep the locals connected.Zeyan Shafiq, who recently passed his class 10th exams, along with his 19-year-old friend Uzair Jan has developed KashBook in 2013. "The government has blocked access to all the social networks and they are blocking VPNs too. So, when they'll block the whole access to social media then how will people from valley stay connected with each other? KashBook is the answer to social media gag," Zeyan said.After the social media ban, many people turned to use of virtual private network (VPN) in order to defy the ban and access different social media websites which were banned by the state government.Through this website, Zeyan says, he will focus and promote goods and services made in Kashmir. The ban includes Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, QQ, WeChat, Ozone, Tumblr, Google+, Baidu, Skype, Viber, Line, Snapchat, Pinterest, Telegram and Reditt.

Source: Times of India May 16, 2017 17:06 UTC