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December 17, 2021 05:42 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/17/22841431/tiktok-removes-school-violence-challenge-warnings
TikTok says its removing alarmist warnings about school violence
TikTok said Friday that it’s working to remove “alarmist warnings” about a supposed day of school violence that was rumored to take place on Friday, December 17th. A supposed threat of a nationwide day of violence at schools across the country, that allegedly started as a TikTok challenge, prompted some districts to cancel classes Friday even as law enforcement mostly determined that the threats were not credible.
TikTok said on Twitter that the warnings violated its misinformation policy, which prohibits the spread of hoaxes or warnings about hoaxes that treat them as real. After searching “exhaustively,” Tiktok said it had not found content on its platform promoting violence at US schools on Friday, despite the widespread but...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/17/22841431/tiktok-removes-school-violence-challenge-warnings
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