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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...

The winds of Washington are blowing icy cold for TikTok. A federal appeals court panel handed down a ruling that could send the app packing or at least force it into a kind of corporate divorce... The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has declared the law threatening TikTok’s existence to be totally constitutional , leaving the platform to fight for its digital life. In short, TikTok has until mid-January to break ties with its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance , or risk an outright ban in the United States. TikTok responded with the following statement: “The Supreme Court has an established historical record of protecting Americans’ right to free speech , and we expect they will do just that on this important constitutional issue. Unfortunately, the TikTok ban was conceived and pushed through based upon inaccurate, flawed and hypothetical information, resulting in outright censorship of the American people. The TikTok ban, unless stopped, will silence the voice...