Kathmandu — The government has decided to impose a ban on social media platforms that are not registered with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. The decision was made on Thursday during a meeting at the ministry, which was attended by Communication and Information Technology Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, ministry officials, Nepal Telecommunications Authority, telecom operators, and internet service providers.

According to an official present at the meeting, all unregistered social media platforms will be restricted, and the ministry is preparing to send official notices to these companies. The ban will come into effect starting tonight.

The government had earlier given social media companies a seven-day deadline to register with the ministry, which expired on Wednesday night. However, as of the time this report was prepared, no major platforms had approached the ministry to begin the registration process.

So far, large companies like Meta, Alphabet, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn have not contacted the ministry regarding registration. The government had already warned that any social media platform failing to register within the given timeframe would be gradually blocked.