“We handle even rumored threats with utmost seriousness, which is why we’re working with law enforcement to look into warnings about potential violence at schools even though we have not found evidence of such threats originating or spreading via TikTok,” the company said. School shooting, bombing threats promising nationwide attacks circulate on TikTok, social media.

TikTok said in a statement that it did not find any threats on the social media platform. School districts and police departments have issued warnings to parents, telling them to keep their children home if they can, per.There were no specific schools mentioned in the threats.Three students slapped with terroristic threatening charges were 15-year-olds at Oldham County High. Somehow along the way, it changed to include school shooting threats. A rep from TikTok said there was no proof the social media platform hosted the videos. KRON4 reported, and the far-right extremist handle Libs of TikTok reposted it on Twitter. The anonymous threats on TikTok had many educators on edge. The trend began as a plea for everyone to stay home from school on Dec. Chabot elementary in Oakland received the threat over email before school started on Tuesday. School officials around the country are planning to step up security Friday in response to social media posts warning of violence.So why are schools worried? There’s been a nationwide TikTok trend where people were talking about creating school shootings and bomb threats for every school across the country on Friday, Dec. Several local school districts are warning about a social media challenge promoting violence, or threats of violence that are said to take place in schools on. Threats at Utah schools this week are a reminder to ‘see something, say something’.

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