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Albania bans TikTok for a year following fatal stabbing of teenager
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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has announced that the government will shut down social network TikTok for at least a year starting from 2025. This decision comes after the killing of a 14-year-old student in a fight near a school in Tirana, which occurred less than a month ago. Rama stated that TikTok would be "fully closed for all", with no clear indication if the platform has a presence in Albania.
It is a pure electoral act and abuse of power to suppress freedoms.
The dictatorial decision to close the social media platform TikTok ... is a grave act against freedom of speech and democracy.
The problem today is not our children, the problem today is us, the problem today is our society, the problem today is TikTok and all the others that are taking our children hostage.
The problem today is TikTok and all the others that are taking our children hostage.
But on the TikTok outside China we see only scum and mud. Why do we need this?
For one year, we'll be completely shutting it down for everyone. There will be no TikTok in Albania.
In China, TikTok promotes how students can take courses, how to protect nature, how to keep traditions.
We found no evidence that the perpetrator or victim had TikTok accounts, and multiple reports have in fact confirmed videos leading up to this incident were being posted on another platform, not TikTok.
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- 1.South China Morning Post
- 2.CTV News
- 3.France 24
- 4.ABC News (Australia)
- 5.The Guardian
- 6.Agence France-Presse
- 7.Associated Press
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- 1.Albania
- 2.Australia
- 3.Belgium
- 4.China
- 5.Germany
- 6.France
- 7.North Macedonia
- 8.Romania
- 9.Serbia
- 10.United States
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