AIP performance plan approved, TikTok closing discussed

The Agency for Information and Private Performance Plan for 2025 was voted unanimously on the Commission for Security and Defence Affairs.

Also discussed was the possibility of closing social networks considered dangerous, such as TikTok.

AIP head Krenare Sogojeva Dermak said that with the objectives of the Agency for 2025, increased efficiency of the Agency's work in line with the budget shared for this year, where the targets are determined according to legal obligations for protecting personal data and access to public documents.

“Advancing personal data protection mechanisms through inspections and capacity-building and expertise of the Agency and public and private institutions, increasing the number of inspections, meeting the legal framework of protection that personal data for implementing law institutions and fulfilling obligations stems from the Council of Europe's 108 Convention for automatic personal data processing, establishing professional staff capacity in the fields of inspection and supporting public institutions in raising law enforcement awareness. Strengthening transparency and accountability and implementing the transparency programme for pro-active publishing of information and documents from the Public Institutions and reviewing complaints, developing the transparency programme of public institutions that ensures open data and pro-active publishing of public documents, establishing the right to access to public documents through review of complaints accepted by subjects and monitoring public institutions in law enforcement<18x1>, Sogoeva-Derma said.

Vetevendosje Movement MP Dimal Basha asked the AIP head over the citizens' complaints that KESCO is sending the bills still without envelopes and the possibility to close social networks, namely TikTok.

For distributing bills without envelopes, Sogojeva-Dermaku said they delivered two fines.

It's true we fined it. KESCO and KRU Pristina have come to terms with this violation, and we have no complaints. Since we have no complaints, it doesn't mean we don't inspect these companies”, she said.

The danger from the social network, TikTok, was mentioned by Democratic Party of Kosovo deputy Hisen Berisha.

“If the US feels threatened by this platform, where Kosovo has the power and how much we are equipped by these floods of these apps that are considered harmful, and do we have any citizens' awareness of the use of these” applications, Berisha said.

But the deputies of the Vetevendosje Movement, who released the meeting, disagreed with these topics.