TikTok just a few more hours in Albania! AKEP orders total access block
2025-03-12 12:57:23
TiranaPost
Users still have a few hours to access TikTok in Albania.
Following the government's decision to ban the application for 1 year, the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP) has ordered internet companies to block access to the platform with over 1.5 million Albanian users.
"The National Cyber Security Authority (AKSK) with letter no. 1196 prot., dated 10.03.2025 (administered in AKEP with no. 359/2 prot., dated 10.03.2025), has requested the necessary measures to block access to the TIK TOK application and its digital infrastructure on Albanian territory, by taking the following actions:
1. Blocking Tik Tok IPs in the territory of Albania.
2. Blocking TikTok DNS in Albania,
3. Blocking of Tik Tok's SNI (Server Name Indications) in the territory of Albania.
4. Blocking the IPs of the ByteDance company in the territory of Albania ," the AKEP announcement states.
