Albania on Saturday announced a 1 year ban on TikTok, the popular brief video app, following the killing of a teenager last month that raised fears over the impact of social media on children.The ban, part of a broader plan to make schools safer, will come into impact early next year, Prime Minister Edi Rama stated after consulting with parents& & groups and instructors from throughout the country, Reuters reported.&& For one year,&we & 'll be totally shutting it down for everybody.
There will be no TikTok in Albania,& & Rama said.Several European nations including France, Germany and Belgium have enforced restrictions on social networks use for children.
In among the world&& 's toughest guidelines targeting Big Tech, Australia approved in November a total social media restriction for kids under 16.
Rama has actually blamed social media, and TikTok in specific, for sustaining violence among youth in and outside school.His government&& 's choice comes after a 14-year-old school child was stabbed to death in November by a fellow student.
Local media had actually reported that the incident followed arguments in between the two young boys on social networks.
Videos had actually also emerged on TikTok of minors supporting the killing.&& The problem today is not our kids, the issue today is us, the issue today is our society, the problem today is TikTok and all the others that are taking our kids captive,& & Rama said.TikTok stated it was looking for && immediate clearness & from the Albanian federal government.&& We found no evidence that the wrongdoer or victim had TikTok accounts, and multiple reports have in fact confirmed videos leading up to this event were being posted on another platform, not TikTok,& & a business spokesperson said.The post Albania bans TikTok for a year after killing of teen first appeared on Ariana News.