Government of Nepal decides to lift ban from TikTok

The government of Nepal has decided to allow the use of social networking site Tiktok with conditions. According to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung, a meeting of the Council of Ministers held Thursday decided on lifting the ban on TikTok.

The Ministry of Communications and Information



Technology had prepared a proposal following the directive of the Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, to treat all social networking sites on equal footing and prepare needed laws. The government had imposed a ban on Tiktok in November 2023 stating that social ills were fuelled through the usage of Tiktok.