Prime Minister Edi Rama has spoken about the idea of closing TikTok and Snapchat, during the public consultation with parents, teachers, and support staff on further strengthening of cooperation between them to prevent the occurrence of violence among minors.
Rama said that closing these two applications does not solve the problem, but narrows the space that incites violence.
"Now we have to be very clear and very real with each other that this problem is wider than that. It is not simple what happens inside the walls of the school.
This problem is far beyond the police, it is not simply a matter of the police and above all this problem is not only within the walls of the home, as all those who have children in a pre-teen or teenage age know very well what kind of struggle it is with those morons, not only within the walls of the school, but also in the space between the two, in all the other interactions between the two, and I don't want to take too long to tell you that if only for a moment we imagined that the overwrought, wild-tongued, wild-behaved atmosphere conveyed through media channels would soften, be a general softening.
But this is not something we have much in our hands and I don't know what medicine there is.
That all being said of course the idea of banning TikTok and/or SnapChat as two platforms that are problematic, – all platforms are problematic in fact, but these two are problematic for specific reasons – is an idea we've discussed at length since long time ago, not today, and that on this occasion we thought we should raise it for a wider discussion because it is not so black and white, it is not the solution to problems, but it is an element that can bring us to a significant narrowing of the space that e it stimulates, that inspires, that incites violence, bullying and stupidity in general.
So, having said all this and being very eager to hear your comments, I thank you once again for your presence and patience. And the word is for anyone of you who wants to say the thoughts and plus possibly the relevant suggestions because all teachers or parents have their angles and when teachers are also parents they see from both sides the subject we are most interested in than for everything else, which are the children", said Rama.