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"It's Silencing" - Albania Shuts Down TikTok. (lab.imedd.org)
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I have to explain to foreign brands that I cannot post on TikTok because the platform is blocked in Albania.”

Elvi Nuhu, 27, is a content creator in Tirana. Having amassed 115,000 followers on TikTok, he makes a living from social media. Speaking to iMEdD, he sounds anxious.

“The biggest problem is with foreign brands that want to sponsor their products or services on my TikTok. Because maybe foreign brands don’t know the situation in Albania,” he explains.

In early March, the Albanian government announced a year-long ban on TikTok, citing concerns over protecting minors from violent content and hate speech. The government decision began to be implemented gradually after March 13.

Opposition politicians in Albania, civil society members, and journalists who spoke to iMEdD argue that Prime Minister Edi Rama’s real objective is to silence government critics and manipulate the upcoming elections in May.

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[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh no, won't somebody think of the influencers

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 5 days ago (3 children)

i'd be more worried about the citizen journalism exposing much of what is happening on the ground that governments don't want you to see (aka gaza, for example)

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There is no shortage of platforms that allow for that. Lemmy, reddit, blue sky, etc. it is not hard to adapt

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yet TikTok is where the people are. Lemmy is Mostly empty :)

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

People will move around. There'll always be a replacement

[–] Bohurt@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago

I'd be more worried if there wasn't any other platforms where media can be posted to broader audience

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

yeah but for every bad things social media uncovers we have a longer list of bad things it causes. It helps uncover gaza but look at the lists of ethnic cleansing and genocides facebook helped.

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

Influencers make money from the platform and in most peoples' capitalism-riddled brain, "the government is ripping up your paycheck" is more alarming than "the government is silencing its people".