On Monday, the government of Nepal made the decision to outlaw the well-known social media app TikTok, citing the disruption of “social harmony” inside the nation.
After a Cabinet meeting, the news was made. The app would be blocked right now, according to Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud.
In order to control the social media platform’s usage, which was upsetting societal cohesion, goodwill, and the flow of offensive content, the government decided to outlaw TikTok, according to Saud.
He stated that the government has requested that the firms register, establish a liaison office in Nepal, pay taxes, and comply with all rules and regulations in the nation in order to hold social media platforms accountable.
Whether TikTok had complied with Nepal’s requests or what caused the restriction remained unclear. An email requesting a comment was not answered by the corporation right away.
TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance in China, has come under fire in a number of nations due to worries that Beijing would use the app to obtain user information or further its own objectives.
Despite TikTok’s repeated denials that it has never provided data to the Chinese government and that it would not do so if asked, several nations, including the US, UK, and NZ, have blocked the app on government phones.
All pornographic websites were outlawed in Nepal in 2018.
