Teachers are cracking down on TikTok\u2019s Devious Lick trend with interesting tactics Unsplash: Scott WebbVideos are going viral of schools pleading with students to not participate in the \u2018Devious Lick\u2019 trend on TikTok, with some even offering cash rewards to people who report fellow students. TikTok is home to some of the most bizarre trends on the internet, and the latest one to sweep the platform seems to have been causing a fair amount of trouble. The \u2018Devious Lick,\u2019 as it is often referred to, involves students taking the weirdest items they possibly can from their school. This has involved things like hand sanitizer dispensers, printers, and even ceiling tiles. Participants then show off their \u2018lick\u2019 on TikTok in videos that can get thousands of likes and views. However, on September 15, TikTok officially denounced the trend, and they removed the hashtag altogether, adding: \u201cWe\u2019re removing content and redirecting hashtags & search results to our Community Guidelines to discourage such behavior.\u201d We expect our community to create responsibly \u2013 online and IRL. We’re removing content and redirecting hashtags & search results to our Community Guidelines to discourage such behavior. Please be kind to your schools & teachers. pic.twitter.com\/mIFtsYwFRb \u2014 TikTokComms (@TikTokComms) September 15, 2021 They also implored students to \u201cplease be kind to your schools & teachers.\u201d In new videos, students have been revealing just how frustrated schools and teachers are getting, and they\u2019re going to great lengths to stop people from participating and tracking down the people that have. Read More: Is Logan Paul taking a break from boxing? – In a video posted to Twitter with almost 90,000 likes, someone can be heard over the tannoy asking students to bring him any videos of a specific student who participated in the trend, saying he will give people $200 for doing so. https:\/\/twitter.com\/leafbii\/status\/1438951647301021698 Another viral TikTok video with nearly 1,000,000 likes appears to show a principal revealing that students might end up in court if they continue to participate in the trend. Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load While some say that they think the trend is funny, others have expressed frustration at the measures that are being taken in schools in order to combat it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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