Nepal Bans TikTok, Alleges Disruption to Social Harmony

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Yesterday, the Foreign Minister of Nepal announced that the nation is banning Tik Tok. He said this, the government has decided to ban Tik Tok as it was necessary to regulate the use of the social media platform that was disrupting social harmony, goodwill and flow of indecent materials. While it's not clear what exactly prompted the ban tiktok has faced scrutiny from a number of countries globally including the United States, Britain and New Zealand, which have each banned the social media app, at least on government phones. Tik Tok is owned by Chinese company by Dance which has denied ever sharing user information with the Chinese government.