{"id":77091,"date":"2025-03-12T18:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=77091"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T19:04:00","slug":"tiktok-to-be-banned-in-albania-starting-march-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tiktok-to-be-banned-in-albania-starting-march-13-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTikTok\u201d to Be Banned in Albania Starting March 13, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The social media platform <\/span><span class=\"s1\">TikTok<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> will be blocked for users in <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Albania<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> starting <\/span><span class=\"s1\">March 13, 2025<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, following a decision by the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Council of Ministers<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">This ban will last for <\/span><span class=\"s1\">12 months<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> and will affect all users of the platform within Albanian territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Council of Ministers approved this measure in its <\/span><span class=\"s1\">March 7, 2025,<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> meeting, citing the need to enforce <\/span><span class=\"s1\">safety and age standards for underage users<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Following this decision, the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">National Authority for Cybersecurity (AKSK)<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> has instructed <\/span><span class=\"s1\">internet service providers<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> to take the necessary steps to block access to TikTok. These measures include blocking <\/span><span class=\"s1\">IP addresses, DNS, SNI,<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> and <\/span><span class=\"s1\">ByteDance\u2019s digital infrastructure<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> related to TikTok.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">AKSK\u2019s request contains detailed instructions for internet companies, specifying that they must block all <\/span><span class=\"s1\">IPs and domains<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> that connect Albanian users to TikTok, effectively restricting all <\/span><span class=\"s1\">digital access<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> to the platform in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Under the law, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">all electronic communications service providers<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> are required to comply with these restrictions and <\/span><span class=\"s1\">report to the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP)<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> on their implementation by <\/span><span class=\"s1\">March 13, 2025<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The decision is based on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Law No. 54\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">\u201cOn Electronic Communications in the Republic of Albania\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> and the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">regulation on the implementation of the general authorization regime<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">This measure has been taken to <\/span><span class=\"s1\">protect the safety and interests of underage users in Albania<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The social media platform TikTok will be blocked for users in Albania starting March 13, 2025, following a decision by the Council of Ministers. This ban will last for 12 months and will affect all users of the platform within Albanian territory. The Council of Ministers approved this measure in its March 7, 2025, meeting, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":77092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cTikTok\u201d to Be Banned in Albania Starting March 13, 2025 - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tiktok-to-be-banned-in-albania-starting-march-13-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cTikTok\u201d to Be Banned in Albania Starting March 13, 2025 - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The social media platform TikTok will be blocked for users in Albania starting March 13, 2025, following a decision by the Council of Ministers. 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