After the Albanian government announced the decision to close the TikTok platform for at least a year, the social network recently reacted in a statement to the Associated Press.
Contacted by the news agency, TikTok representatives responded by emphasizing that they "had found no evidence that the perpetrator or victim had TikTok accounts and multiple reports have confirmed that in fact the videos that led to this incident were posted on another platform, not TikTok."
The decision to close TikTok was initially proposed by Prime Minister Edi Rama after a government meeting immediately after the serious incident recorded near the 9-year-old "Fan Noli" school, where 14-year-old Martin Cani was killed.
"At a time when technological challenges are inevitable, physical and digital security is a priority. To increase physical and digital security in schools and the impact that social networks and children's engagement bring, we have decided to block the "TikTok" platform, based on a package of measures that the National Cyber ??Security Authority and the National Information Security Agency are working on," said the Minister of Education, Ogerta Manastirliu.
