Nepal to ban TikTok as it 'disturbs social harmony'
Source: Al Jazeera
Nepal to ban TikTok as it ‘disturbs social harmony’
Authorities cite the popular Chinese video-sharing platform’s negative effects and ask internet service providers to close the app.
13 Nov 2023
Nepal says it will ban TikTok, adding that social harmony and goodwill are being disturbed by “misuse” of the popular video-sharing app and that there is rising demand to control it.
Nepal’s Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said the decision to ban TikTok was taken at a cabinet meeting on Monday.
Sharma said the decision was made because TikTok was consistently used to share content that “disturbs social harmony and disrupts family structures and social relations”.
“Colleagues are working on closing it technically,” she said, without specifying what triggered the ban.
TikTok has already been either partially or completely banned by other countries, with many citing security concerns.
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