The Albania government decided on Thursday to close access to the Tiktok digital platform Throughout the country’s territory for a period of one year, a measure destined, above all to protect children.
This was reported by the Minister of Education Albana, Ogerta Manastirliuin a press conference in Tirana in which he specified that the suspension of the Chinese social network will be effective “In a few days, or maybe within a week“.”We have decided to take this measure to avoid the negative impacts of the Tiktok platform“Manstarlu said.
The measure will be implemented by the Albania cyber security agency. The Government considers that during the closing, of twelve months, it will be possible to take preventive measures in coordination with the representatives of the Tiktok platform. “The decision to temporarily close Tiktok is, first, A decision taken after broad consultations with 65,000 parents and teachers, And secondly, after the necessary technical capacities were established, “wrote the country’s prime minister, the socialist Edi Rama, in the social network X.
The closure of Tiktok in Albania is announced months after last November a 14 -year -old schoolboy died stabbed by a partner, in an altercation near the school that would have originated after a dispute on Tiktok and other social networks, and in which another student was injured. The tragedy unleashed outrage in the population and the government of Rama He organized in December a public consultation with parents associations.
Source: Lasexta
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