The head of the government said that it will be discussed with the parents and then the most dramatic decision will be made.
The decision comes after the murder of 14-year-old Martin Cani with a knife in the heart by his peer with the initials M. P..
Edi Rama: TikTok and SnapChat absorb children in their labyrinths. The authority of teachers and our work at home to educate children are challenged by the parallel world of these networks, where there is no filter. Ensuring children’s safety is our children’s priority. But the right answers in these challenging conditions are not simple.
As a government, we are engaged in researching this problem, following what other countries are doing, but also in the search for reducing this increasingly frightening pressure.
In Australia, attempts are being made to ban children’s access to social networks up to the age of 16. The still open problem remains the lack of a system of their implementation as a result of the difficulty of the technical aspect.
Now our dilemma as a government is whether we should also try to move in the direction of setting up filters, where in fact from the experiences so far where their effectiveness is low and the cases of bullying increase. Or take the drastic measure of shutting down TikTok and SnapChapt, They will put it up for discussion to make the most democratic decision on such a big problem.
