Prime Minister Edi Rama said the ban will come into force at the beginning of 2025 and will be part of a broader program to ensure school safety.
The decision comes after an incident in November in which a 14-year-old student was fatally shot by a classmate.
Local media reported that the conflict between young people started on social networks and videos of minors supporting the murder were published on TikTok.
Rama accused the platform of “taking children hostage” and emphasized that the problem is not just with children but with society as a whole.
TikTok representatives responded to the ban by saying they could not find any evidence of accounts among those involved in the conflict and noted that videos about the incident were posted on another platform.
Source: Ferra
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