To make the ban on Tiktok effective, the government is also shutting down free VPN and open DNS

 To make the ban on Tiktok effective, the government is also shutting down free VPN and open DNS

To make the ban on Tik Tok effective, the government is also going to ban free VPN and Open DNS. The regulatory Nepal Telecommunication Authority has started to take all possible measures to ban Tiktok within Nepal.

The cabinet meeting on October 27 decided to ban Tiktok, the most popular social network in Nepal. The government has taken such a decision saying that it has negatively affected the social harmony and social environment.

With the ban on Tiktok, users have started using alternative methods like free VPN and Open DNS to use Tiktok. By saying that they have challenged the government's decision to ban Tiktok, the authority has moved forward in the direction of banning such alternative measures as well.

Authority sources said that homework is being done to ban free VPNs and open DNS like Google and Cloudflare. "We have received a clear mandate from the government to implement the ban on Tiktok effectively," said an authority official on condition of anonymity, "for that it is natural to think about all possible options."

Regarding the fact that Open DNS of Google and Cloudflare is popular and reliable all over the world, the officer of the authority argued that it cannot be said that the DNS of Nepal's internet service provider is insecure and unreliable. According to authority sources, the collection of such free VPNs and their IP addresses is currently underway.

Mobile and Internet service providers are said to block such VPNs on their servers. According to the analysis of the officials of the Authority, the use of free VPN and Open DNS will not only bypass the ban, but also put the users themselves at cyber security risk.

Authorities instruct service providers to block Free VPN and Open DNS to block Tik Tok

The regulator Nepal Telecommunication Authority has instructed the mobile and internet service providers to block Free VPN and Open DNS as well. The authority sent a letter to the service provider on Sunday and instructed them to ban alternative measures to prevent the operation of Tiktok within Nepal.

According to an internet service provider company, the free VPN will be blocked based on the IP address provided by the regulator Nepal Telecommunication Authority. Similarly, it is understood that the service provider is currently working in the direction of blocking access to Tiktok by implementing the regulator's instructions and blocking Open DNS as well.

Currently, some users in Nepal are using various free VPN and open DNS of Google and Cloudflare to access Tiktok. Based on the IP address provided by the regulator, the service provider has started preparing to block the free VPN.

Similarly, preparations are underway to ban Google and Cloud Flare, which are widely used in Nepal, and other open DNS. "We have been instructed by the regulator to create an environment where Tiktok does not operate in Nepal under any circumstances," said an internet service provider owner to Tekpana. After that, any access to restricted sites and apps using Open DNS will be blocked.”

The government had decided to ban Tiktok on October 27 because it had a negative impact on social harmony and social environment. The regulatory authority has put pressure on the service providers to implement the same decision.