The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting after the company agreed to cooperate with Nepalese law enforcement authorities to tackle TikTok-related crimes and regulate its content, a government source said on condition of anonymity.
ByteDance, TikTok’s Beijing-based holding company, said it was pleased with the decision.
Nepal’s previous government banned the app in November, citing concerns about its misuse. More than 1,600 cases related to TikTok Cybercrime Prior to that, cases had been recorded in the Himalayan nation for four years.
Sporadic street protests TikTok erupted in protests, with users claiming the ban had cut off a source of revenue and shut down a forum for free speech. TikTok had 2.2 million users in Nepal at the time, according to the Internet Service Providers Association of Nepal.
Nepal has asked TikTok to create a central unit to assist the Nepal Police Cyber Bureau around the clock to help catch criminals and block inappropriate content that has even led to suicides.
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“Rapid, real-time identification of users can be an effective tool to catch violators and discourage misuse of the technology,” Dipak Raj Awasti, a spokesman for the office, told Reuters on Thursday. Several other countries have banned TikTok partially or fully, with many citing national security and privacy concerns.
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