https://wccftech.com/nepal-bans-pubg-calls-it-a-distraction-for-children/

Tencent’s PUBG (Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds) can’t seem to catch a break. Despite its popularity, the game has received a lot of flak; especially in the South East Asian region, where it has taken the market by storm. Several Indian cities have banned the game and law enforcement in those regions have gone as far as arresting children for ‘breaking’ the rule. Today, Nepal did something similar, but on a much larger scale. Sandip Adhikari, deputy director at Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), the nation’s telecoms regulator, told Reuters, “we have ordered the ban on PUBG because it is addictive to children and teenagers.”

He also added that the game was ‘distracting kids’ and ‘preventing them from studying’, which is what prompted the Himalayan nation to enforce a countrywide ban on it. The Nepali government has ordered all mobile operators, ISPs and network providers to ban the game with immediate effect. There isn’t any mention of how any ‘offenders’ will be punished, but it is reasonable to assume that they’ll be let off with a fine and a warning. It’ll be a truly dystopian nightmare if someone goes to jail for it. But hey, we’re already in one so keep your fingers crossed.