TikTok Back Online in Albania After Year-Long Ban Expires
Albania's one-year TikTok ban has expired, with the platform claiming improved safety measures before its return.
TikTok is live again in Albania. The country's year-long ban on the platform officially expired this month, letting the app back into a market that kicked it out under dramatic circumstances.
Albania originally banned TikTok after the death of a teenage boy was linked to the platform. The government pulled the trigger on a full block — one of the more aggressive moves a European country has taken against a social media giant.
Now, Albanian authorities say TikTok has tightened its safety measures enough to justify the return. The specifics of those measures weren't detailed, but the messaging is clear: the ban was always meant as leverage, not a permanent divorce.
The case highlights just how messy the relationship between governments and social platforms has become. Bans are easy to announce. Making platforms actually safer for kids? That's the hard part.