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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony

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Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Nepal’s government has decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country.

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I mean, they’re not wrong. But it’s not tiktok, it’s almost all social media and consequently, 99% of the internet.
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  It’s the advertising model of funding. (IMO)

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