TikTok, the #1 video app on Android and iOS, regularly pays the price of success with challenges that are often silly, sometimes dangerous, and sometimes illegal. For example, we remember the “silhouette challenge”, a sexy, if dangerous dance for users, or this challenge that challenged people to brush their teeth with a Monsieur Propre sponge. Definitely a very good idea.
And as one challenge chases another, a new challenge has emerged on TikTok. baptized “Deceptive Licking”, this challenge gained momentum at the start of the school year in the United States. The principle is simple: users can steal any item This comes from their schools. The trend went viral very quickly, and by early September 2021, more than 109,000 videos had been posted.
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TikTok banned a new challenge on its platform
In fact, we can observe without forgetting that smart men steal scientific equipment such as microscopes, even speakers, loudspeakers and computers. toilet paper, soap, or hydroalcoholic gel dispensers. Very smart in times of health crisis. Unsurprisingly, many schools have made a connection between recent equipment thefts and the “Circular Licking” challenge. Various public statements were made to urge students to return stolen items and to encourage parents to discuss them with their children.
And as you can imagine, TikTok couldn’t sit idle. As of Wednesday, September 15, 2021, TikTok “removed its hashtag”“Sneaky Licking” and I blocked videos related to this challenge. Additionally, all searches for this topic return a page stating that the topic is associated with behavior that violates TikTok’s community guidelines. ““We expect our community to stay safe and produce content responsibly, and we do not allow content that encourages or enables criminal activity.” It was secured in the columns of the platform’s American site Insider.
Source : insider information
