“If the measures fail, TikTok will be banned in Macedonia”, Digital Transformation Minister Stefan Andonovski said on Tuesday.
However, he added that that would be the last step the Government would take to deal with the harmful impact of TikTok challenges. As Andonovski noted, though he is against taking sides in terms of banning apps such as TikTok, the possibility of such a decision is available to the authorities.
In the meantime, pedagogy services at schools have received guidance on how to educate students on consequences. The strategy follows the rise in the number of teenagers injured as a result of TikTok challenges.
When it comes to its efforts to deal with disinformation, hybrid threats, and bomb threats, the Government has adopted a three-year National Strategy, which will see a Cyber Security Council and Incident Response Central System be formed.