Edi Rama for closing TikTok in Albania: In 15 days it'll be black out

From Lushnja at a meeting with teachers, Rama said 95 percent of the teachers and parents with whom they consulted agreed to close this social network.

“We have established closure by consulting 95 per cent. It was decision-making where no one Socialist or Democrat asked whether they had taken into account their children, and 95 per cent parents and teachers said it should be closed. Of course, we've made the decision to close, and we've opened dialogue with the company in parallel, we said Tiktok would not continue to work and enter our families' homes as a scooter with all the products that are without filters. We don't have anything with you, in the sense, not something ideological with you, but we want guarantees. For example, we've come up with a number of things, made them available to the company.

For the sake of truth, there has been an unexpected reaction. They were cooperative and have promised to come with a plan to set up a range of shields. For English, their algorithm can block certain words. They don't have Albanian. And we're in touch with them. You work a group with them, so when they are ready they will come to Albania and publicly tell your parents what will change. The closure has begun, technically it's not like a blackout. Day after day Tiktek's mouth will be narrowed and in a period of 1015 it will have to be black out. I just want to tell you, we stand by it completely. “