Protection of minors
Albania pulls the plug on TikTok for a year
Albania plans to switch off TikTok in the next few days. The ban, which was announced in December, will take place "in a few days or up to a week" and is set to last twelve months, explained Albanian Education Minister Ogerta Manastirliu on Thursday.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Albania's head of government Edi Rama announced the lockdown last December. A few weeks earlier, a 14-year-old boy had been killed and another injured in a dispute between pupils in Tirana that had started in online media. The case sparked a debate among psychologists, parents and educational institutions about the influence of online networks on young people and children.
The opposition criticized the blocking of the online service and complained about the possible impact on the parliamentary elections in May. "With this act of censorship, which affects more than one million users of TikTok in Albania, Edi Rama is putting Albania on a par with Afghanistan and Iran," said opposition leader Sali Berisha.
TikTok, which belongs to the Chinese group ByteDance, is highly controversial in many countries. Last November, for example, the Australian parliament passed a social media ban for under-16s.
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