"TikTok will be completely banned again in Nepal during the March 5 election campaign period."

Recent statements by the Election Commission of Nepal and TikTok, as reported by The Rising Nepal, The Himalayan Times, myRepublica and Nepalitelecom.com, describe a memorandum of understanding in which TikTok provides free support to promote official information, remove content that violates Nepali law and run election integrity workshops; none of these reports mention a new blanket ban. The government had previously unbanned TikTok under certain conditions, and current coverage frames the platform as a regulated partner rather than a service to be shut down. Under the Election Code of Conduct, 2026, the ECN can ask platforms to remove specific unlawful content, but there is no evidence of a general prohibition on TikTok during the campaign. In the absence of any ECN notice or government decision announcing a fresh ban, claims of an automatic nationwide shutdown are not supported.