US EditionAlbania Ends TikTok Ban, Flags New 'Protective Filters'
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Albania ends TikTok ban, flags new 'protective filters'
Access to the platform, which has more than one billion users worldwide, had been cut off in the Balkan country since March 2025, after a teenager fatally stabbed a classmate during a fight sparked by a dispute on social media.
The Albanian government has lifted a temporary ban on TikTok that was imposed in March last year, MTI reported. The ban was imposed after two young classmates got into a fight over an argument on TikTok in late 2024, leaving one of them dead. The government argued that the platform was making young people aggressive. TikTok denied at the time that its platform had led to the student's murder, but Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was committed to…
Access was blocked after the death of a teenager who was stabbed by a classmate following a fight sparked on social media.
Albania announced the end of the ban on TikTok, issued in less than ten months, ensuring that the platform has committed itself to implementing "new security mechanisms".
Blocheio was ordered after a teenager has been killed by a group colleague, during a fight that was triggered by discussions or at TikTok.
For almost a year, access to Tiktok in Albania was blocked. Now the video platform is accessible again without tricks.
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