Albania on Saturday announced a one-year ban on TikTok, the popular short video app, following the killing of a teenager last month that raised fears over the influence of social media on children.

TIRANA: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Saturday that the government will shut down social network TikTok for at least a year starting at the beginning of 2025. During a meeting in Tirana with Albanian teachers,

A US ban on the video-sharing app TikTok is set to take effect in early 2025 – but the country's Supreme Court and President-elect Donald Trump could still change that

TikTok asked the high court to temporarily block enforcement of a law that would ban the app unless it is sold to an American firm. The court isn’t immediately issuing that emergency relief but will give the platform the opportunity to make its case before its ban is set to take place on January 19.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments around the TikTok divest-or-ban bill, as the company faces a looming January 19 deadline.