Lawmakers and TikTok creators during a press conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, on March 12, 2024. TikTok is challenging a possible ban or forced sale to new owners in the US, but has for several years been waging other fights in at least 20 countries. — The New York Times
TAIPEI, Taiwan: Russia fined TikTok for not removing prohibited content. The results of a presidential election in Romania were thrown out over concerns the app had been used to spread foreign influence. Albania banned TikTok for a year following the stabbing death of a teenager by another one after the two quarreled online.
“Either TikTok protects the children of Albania, or Albania will protect its children from TikTok,” Prime Minister Edi Rama said on the social platform X.
