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Albania announced a one-year ban on TikTok , the popular short video app, following the killing of a teenager that raised fears over the influence of social media on children ... A 14-year-old schoolboy was stabbed to death in November by a fellow pupil. Local media had reported that the incident followed arguments between the two boys on social media . Videos had also emerged on TikTok of minors supporting the killing. The ban, part of a broader plan to make schools safer, will come into effect early next year, Prime Minister Edi Rama said after meeting with parents' groups and teachers from across the country. "For one year, we'll be completely shutting it down for everyone. There will be no TikTok in Albania ", Rama said. Several European countries including France, Germany and Belgium have enforced restrictions on social media use for children .  In one of the world's toughest regulations targeting Big Tech, Australia approved in November a complete social m...

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Natalie Rupnow, 15, who went by Samantha, a teenage student, at Abundant Life, a Christian school in Madison, Wis., opened fire killing another student and a teacher. At least six other people were injured in the shooting. Police don’t yet have a motive for the shooting ... She was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital, and the evidence suggested she died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound . Police Identify Shooter in Wisconsin School Attack as 15-Year-Old Girl Julie Bosman Dan Simmons Mitch Smith Devlin Barrett New York Times PSYCHO KILLER: MOTIVE UNKNOWN The 15-year-old had a dark past that appears to have included membership in a morbid site called Watch People Die,  which disturbingly boasts it has over 3 million registered users. The site includes graphic and upsetting images of people getting shot to death , run over, other school shooters and many international incidents like a 19-year-old man who died after getting caught in a meat grinder. Rupnow, posting under the...