Following Prime Minister Oli's instructions, the Ministry of Communication is proceeding with the consultation and process
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The government is preparing to lift the ban imposed on the social network Tiktok by the then Pushpa Kamal Dahal government 10 months ago for inciting social harmony. After Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli instructed to remove the ban, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology started the process in this regard.
According to the source, Oli also held an informal discussion on the option of opening Tiktok in the cabinet meeting, saying that banning certain social networks would send the wrong message. 'The discussion is currently underway, discussions are being held with experts and relevant representatives,' said Vikram Neupane, press adviser to the Minister of Communications, Prithvisubba Gurung, 'Tiktak is a platform for sharing the creative expression of youth and the process has proceeded according to the Prime Minister's suggestion to act while being aware of the protection of freedom of expression. '
Tiktok, which has been repeatedly requesting the government to lift the ban, has also submitted a letter to the Ministry of Communications stating that it is ready to accept Nepal's terms this week. Tiktok's parent company, ByteDance, has submitted a letter saying that the ban will be lifted and that it is ready to operate according to the laws of Nepal, and the government has also increased its activity. In the
letter, Tiktok has committed to be listed in Nepal's social network management unit and to proceed within the scope of the laws here. All social media companies operating in Nepal are required to be registered with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. The directive was approved by the cabinet meeting last November (three days before the ban on tiktok). The cabinet meeting on November 27 took a decision to ban the use of TikTok.
The regulatory Nepal Telecommunication Authority had instructed all internet and mobile service providers to implement the decision. While most have closed, some service providers have not. Users have been running Tik Tok with the help of VPN and Open DNS. These companies have been claiming that it consumes international bandwidth and has a negative impact on the income of internet service providers in Nepal. The representative of Ncell has publicly stated that when Tiktok was closed, it lost an income of about 60 million rupees per month.
14 separate petitions were filed in the Supreme Court against the TikTok ban. The court has set a date for the next October 10 to see him in full. The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), a representative organization of social media companies such as Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Rakuten, and Spotify, sent a letter to the government twice saying that banning TikTok without proper legal provisions and preparing to monitor other apps is against international practice. .
Lately, Chinese Ambassador Chun Song has also been interested in the banning of TikTok during political meetings.
