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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Nepal said on Monday it would ban China\u2019s TikTok, adding that social harmony and goodwill were being disturbed by \u201cmisuse\u201d of the popular video app and there was rising demand to control it.<\/p>\n

TikTok has already been either partially or completely banned by other countries, with many citing security concerns. More than 1,600 TikTok-related cyber crime cases have been registered over the last four years in Nepal, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n

Nepal\u2019s Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said the decision to ban TikTok had been made at a cabinet meeting earlier on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cColleagues are working on closing it technically,\u201d Sharma told Reuters. Nepal Telecom Authority Chair Purushottam Khanal said that internet service providers have been asked to close the app.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome have already closed while others are doing it later today,\u201d Khanal told Reuters. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.<\/p>\n

It has previously said such bans are \u201cmisguided\u201d and that they are based on \u201cmisconceptions\u201d. Opposition leaders in Nepal criticised the move, saying that it lacked \u201ceffectiveness, maturity and responsibility\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many unwanted materials in other social media also.<\/p>\n

What must be done is to regulate and not restrict them,\u201d Pradeep Gyawali, former foreign minister and a senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), said.<\/p>\n

Nepal\u2019s neighbour India banned TikTok along with dozens of other apps by Chinese developers in June 2020, saying that they could compromise national security and integrity.<\/p>\n

Another South Asian country, Pakistan, has banned the app at least four times over what the country\u2019s government terms its \u201cimmoral and indecent\u201d content.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mauritius. Nepal said on Monday it would ban China\u2019s TikTok, adding that social harmony and goodwill were being disturbed by \u201cmisuse\u201d of the popular video app and there was rising demand to control it. TikTok has already been either partially or completely banned by other countries, with many citing security concerns. 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