Kathmandu, Sept. 4 -- The government has imposed a ban on Facebook and other major social media platforms that failed to register with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology within the given deadline.

On Thursday, the ministry directed the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) to block access to all platforms that did not comply with the registration process mandated under the Directives for Managing the Use of Social Networks, 2023.

The move follows a directive order issued by the Supreme Court, which instructed the government to ensure all and social platforms-domestic or foreign-are officially listed before operating in Nepal, so that unwanted content can be monitored.

According to the ministry's notice, compani...