Newscenter Media News The government of Albania has blocked ByteDance-owned social media platform TikTok for one year, citing its influence on growing youth violence in the country.
The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama who ordered the one-year ban said that social media, especially TikTok is fostering increasing violence among youth in the country.
“TikTok will not exist in the Republic of Albania,” said Rama. “TikTok is the thug of the neighborhood. We are going to chase this thug out of our neighborhood for one year.”
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The ban follows widespread protests and political turmoil after a 14-year-old kid was killed in November by a classmate who later posted pictures of the scene on Snapchat.
Albania is now one of many nations in Europe, North America and Asia that have implemented various limitations, like outright banning or temporarily prohibiting TikTok.
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