Albania will ban TikTok for one year after the killing of a teenager raised fears the social media app is a negative influence.

Edi Rama, the country’s prime minister, confirmed on Thursday that the video-sharing app will be prohibited from January as part of a plan to make schools safer.

“For one year, we’ll be completely shutting it down for everyone. There will be no TikTok in Albania,” Mr Rama said after meeting parents’ groups and teachers.

The ban – the first of its kind in Europe – was prompted by the death of a 14-year-old schoolboy stabbed by a fellow pupil in mid-November.

The two teenagers are thought to have fought at the end of the school day after an argument on social media.