Almost A Year Banned, TikTok Can Finally Be Used In Nepal

TikTok can operate again in Nepal (photo: dock. unsplash)

Jakarta After almost a year of being banned from operation, the Nepalese government decided to lift the ban on the TikTok application on Thursday, August 22. This decision was taken when a cabinet meeting was held. According to unnamed sources, quoted by Reuters, TikTok agreed to deal with content of crimes or hate speech with Nepalese law enforcement. Through this agreement, TikTok will modernize better content. The Nepalese government asked TikTok to create a special unit that could cooperate directly with the Nepalese Police Cyber Bureau. This unit was created to arrest criminals who utilize TikTok and block inappropriate content that causes suicide. Nepal Dipak Raj Police Cyber Bureau spokesman Dipak Raj said that this collaboration would make it easier for his party to quickly identify criminals. This collaboration will also address the misuse of technology. "The rapid and real-time user identification can be an effective tool for arresting offenders and preventing technological abuse," said Raj.

Nepal is not the only country to ban TikTok. This application should not be used in India, Afghanistan, Australia, and much more. This ban is due to various things, ranging from regional law, religious law, to security issues. TikTok began to be banned in Nepal in November last year for cases of platform abuse. More than 1,600 cases of cybercrime related to TikTok have been recorded in Nepal over the past four years so the government has taken safe steps by banning its applications.