Albania ends TikTok ban, flags new ‘protective filters’
Albania has lifted its almost year-old ban on TikTok, the government announced Thursday, saying the popular video sharing app had developed “new safety mechanisms”.
Access to the platform, which has more than one billion users worldwide, had been cut off in the Balkan country since March 2025, after a teenager fatally stabbed a classmate during a fight sparked by a dispute on social media.
“The lifting of these measures follows an institutional reassessment and the platform’s consideration of the government’s concerns,” the government’s media and information agency said in a statement.
