The government in Albania has decided to ban for at least one year the use of Tik Tok nationwide.

In a statement, Prime Minister, Edi Rama and the Minister of Education, Ogerta Manastirliu confirmed the news . 

"To increase Physical and Digital Security in Schools, we have decided: to block the TikTok platform, based on a package of instruments being developed by our institutions," said minister.

On the other side, Manastirliu said that in all public schools will be installed smart cameras through the “Smart City” project with the United Arab Emirates, ensuring more effective monitoring within the school and the security perimeter, within the implementation period of this plan.

Many countries are concerned about TikTok's security and the platform's ties to China. Even the United States Congress approved a bill against ByteDance's app.

The United States took one more step towards becoming the possible first country to ban the social media app TikTok over privacy concerns.

Congress approved legislation which would force the Chinese owner of the app ByteDance to sell the platform within nine months or face a ban.

Several countries have banned it on government devices, fearing that sensitive information could be exposed when the app is downloaded.

TikTok disputes accusations that it collects more user data than other social media companies and has called the bans "basic misinformation," saying these had been decided with "no deliberation or evidence".