Tik Tok: One billion users but also accumulated controversies around the world

The TikTok app has been amassing controversy around the world, from its ban on teenagers in Australia to its ban in Albania and accusations of espionage in the United States and even more so the investigation launched by the European Union after suspicions of foreign interference in Romania. The app will be shut down in Albania for at least a year starting in early 2025, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced today. “TikTok is the neighborhood thug,” Rama said during a meeting in Tirana with Albanian educators, parents and psychologists. “We will banish this thug from our neighborhood for a year,” he added. The announcement of the shutdown of the controversial social network comes less than a month after a 14-year-old student was killed and another injured in a fight near a school in Tirana, following an argument over social media. Romanian authorities suspect far-right candidate Calin Gheorgescu, who came first in the first round […]
Source: News Beast

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