TikTok: "Devious Licks" TikTok Challenges

Teens are apparently stealing soap dispensers and urinals from school for the devious lick trend

Students are stealing paper towel dispensers, lab equipment, and school bus parts to flex as "devious licks" in the latest back-to-school trend on TikTok. Well, at least they claim they are. In a video posted last week, TikTok user @oskarsoskar, unzips their backpack and pulls out two COVID antigen testing kits. They toss the kits into a larger pile of boxed kits on their bed, and then pans over to a duffle bag filled with even more kits. As the music builds, @oskarsoskar pulls out a drawer from under their bed, revealing even more antigen testing kits. "Mfs doing great ...

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Student TikTok pranks, threats hamper Florida schools

Even with all the big issues taking place in Florida education — attempting to recover lost lessons, determining pandemic protocols, finding enough workers to fill classrooms and drive buses among them — one thing remains unchanged. Kids still have ways to make ill-advised decisions, even after getting warning after warning. We’ve read many stories about the “joke” threats of violence against schools, including one today, regardless of messaging that such actions are felonies. Now comes the latest not-so-harmless prank, spurred on by social media. Read on for the latest on that story plus more Florida education news. What’s a ‘devious ...

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TikTok trend shuts down school bathrooms across central Indiana

A viral trend on social media is sweeping through schools across the country for all the wrong reasons. It’s called the “devious lick” challenge. Middle school and high school students are stealing, not licking, bathroom supplies like soap and soap dispensers, often causing damage in the process and posting the act online for a laugh. But central Indiana schools don’t think it’s funny. Neither does one school resource officer determined to put an end to the trend. “We have to stop this and stop this now,” said Richard Craig, lead school resource officer for the Avon School Police Department. “Trends ...

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Viral TikTok challenge leaving Greater Cincinnati schools vandalized

A new problem is testing schools from Mason to Northern Kentucky. Students are stealing or destroying school property, all for viral TikTok challenge called "devious licks" on social media. "Last week it was like, oh my gosh, what is happening here," Camp Ernst Middle School Principal Stephanie Hagerty said. She said someone damaged a water fountain and soap dispensers were yanked from the wall. District officials said a couple of students have been arrested and charged, and one has been suspended. "We didn't know that this was happening until we started seeing these soap dispensers being stolen and broken destroyed ...

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TikTok Bans 'Devious Licks' Trend Which Saw High School Students Arrested

TikTok has taken action to remove any videos promoting the rising "devious licks" trend on the platform, as the hashtag becomes unsearchable on the app too. The "devious licks" trend began in September and spiraled across the U.S. as high school students damaged and stole school property and shared the footage online. TikTok user @jugg4elias is cited as the originator of the trend, after uploading a video of himself taking a box of disposable masks from his backpack on September 1. "A month into school. Absolutely devious lick," he captioned the clip. Within days, users had copied the video idea ...

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Tik Tok challenge inspiring Rapid City students to steal and vandalize

Bathrooms vandalized, fire extinguishers stolen and teens arrested all over the country due to a viral Tik Tok challenge called “Devious Licks,” It encourages kids to post videos of themselves stealing and damaging school property. And this problem is right here in the Black Hills. What started as a trend on Tik Tok has taken the Nation by storm, Community Relations Manager for Rapid City Area Schools, Katy Urban says this is putting a strain on an already short staffed school district, “we’ve had a number of students that have stolen various items from our schools, things like “EXIT” signs ...

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'Devious Licks' TikTok Trend Encourages Kids To Steal, Vandalize

When Liz McDonald was robbed last week, the thieves took more than what she paid for out of pocket for her classroom. They changed how she viewed her students. "I was robbed today and I need to say that what was taken from me was not the physical items I purchased with my own money for my classroom, it was my joy," McDonald, a Spanish teacher at Medford High School, said. "Instead of channeling my creative energy into designing activities that will engage my students, I felt mistrust." McDonald posted about the theft on a local Facebook group to warn ...

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TikTok 'Devious Licks Challenge' Pushes Schools To Brink

The last 18 months have been nothing short of grueling for U.S. educators. Now, as teachers trudge through yet another year of challenges caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, an unusual TikTok trend is threatening to push them to the edge. The "Devious Licks Challenge" is the latest viral trend to emerge from the social media platform where millions flock to watch videos posted by their friends, celebrities and other influencers. Unlike other challenges, however, this one isn't likely to result in bodily harm — not like a recent one encouraging people to walk on stacks of milk crates. This ...

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New 'Devious Lick' TikTok trend spurs vandalism, theft at many Treasure Coast schools

The latest social media trend isn't calling on users to climb a stack of empty crates, ingest large amounts of cinnamon or plank in odd locations. Instead, it's encouraging teens and young adults to steal or destroy school property and then post it to TikTok with the hashtag "devious lick." The trend already has made its way across the Treasure Coast, school district officials say. "We've had (an incident) at each middle and high school in the district," said Frank Frangella, Martin County schools director of safety and security. Students mostly have been removing soap dispensers and clogging toilets, he ...

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TikTok #deviouslicks challenge leads to arrest of 9 Marion students for vandalism

Nine Marion County teenage students have been arrested on misdemeanor vandalism charges after school district officials linked them to a destructive TikTok challenge called #DeviousLicks. Young users on TikTok challenge teenagers to film themselves destroying school property, such as ripping soap dispensers and urinals off the wall, and posting their rampages on the popular social media video app. Dennis McFatten, director of Safe Schools for Marion County Public Schools, addressed the school board on Thursday and was asked about the damage that teenagers have caused throughout the district. So far, nine Marion students have been arrested on vandalism charges. McFatten ...

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Utah schools crack down after 'devious licks' TikTok trend leaves property destroyed

A Bountiful mom is warning other parents after her son found out the hard way about the very serious consequences of a TikTok challenge sweeping social media. Schools are taking measures into their own hands to stop the viral "devious licks" trend, but they are also asking for parents to help. The videos usually portray students stealing property from school, from teachers, or from fellow students. The items could be as small as a pair of scissors or a wallet, or as large as items like a whole toilet or set of lockers. The caption on the TikTok video can ...

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TikTok vandalism trend finds its way to Alachua County Public Schools

The TikTok "devious licks" challenge that has been sweeping across the nation, resulting in students arrested for stealing or vandalizing school property, has hit at least four Alachua County schools in recent weeks. "Apparently a fire extinguisher sprayed in the bathroom, which is a felony. And one student stole a fire extinguisher, felony," schools spokeswoman Jackie Johnson said. "Teacher's name sign stolen, but most of them are paper towel dispensers and soap dispensers." Johnson declined to go into detail about the schools, however, there have been four students who are recommended for expulsion and have been charged by law enforcement. ...

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'Slap a teacher': Teachers union in Florida warns educators of new TikTok challenge

Broward schoolteachers are bracing for the latest online “Tik Tok challenge,” though some officials think it might be more rumor than reality. Fresh on the heels of September’s viral challenge encouraging students to steal items or vandalize school bathrooms, the Broward Teacher’s Union sent a note to its members countywide this week warning of October’s follow-up: “Slap a teacher.” “TikTok challenges ... have already cost school districts a lot of money and resulted in student arrests, but they are about to get worse,” Broward Teachers Union Anna Fusco said in a letter addressed to members this week. “Keep an eye ...

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School officials warn of TikTok challenge that encourages students to slap teachers on the rear end

A new TikTok controversy targeting teachers could end up with students being arrested in north Georgia. Channel 2′s Tom Regan was in Hall County, where for weeks, students have been imitating what they see online. Last month, it was trashing bathrooms in response to the so-called School Challenge. Students stole toilets, spray-painted walls and wrecked plumbing. In October, the challenge appears to be slapping teachers on the rear end. “Slapping a teacher on the fanny, let me say, I do not find that funny,” Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield said in a video message to students. “I find that ...

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October is 'Smack a Teacher' Month, According to Upcoming TikTok Challenge

October is "Smack a staff member on the backside" month, according to an ongoing TikTok challenge. Schools across the country are warning teachers and parents that the so-called "Devious Licks" challenge is about to enter a new — and even more sinister — stage. September's challenge, which dared students to vandalize school bathrooms, made headlines after it went well beyond throwing wet toilet tissue on the ceiling. Mirrors were smashed, soap and paper towel dispensers were torn off walls, ceiling tiles and stall doors were pulled down, and entire sinks were even stolen. Many schools were forced to close down ...

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School districts send out warning about

A new TikTok challenge that starts tomorrow challenges students to "smack a teacher." "This is very disappointing," said Wendy Doromal, President of the Orange County Classroom Teachers Association. She’s just learning of this new challenge. "First off, anyone then would carry through on that would be committing an offense that could have them arrested, not just suspended or expelled from school, but certainly arrested," Doromal said, "and I would expect that the staff member would press charges." FOX 35 gathered pictures from schools across Central Florida from TikTok’s September "Devious Licks" challenge. It dared students to break, vandalize and steal ...

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Carson School District seeks help to end Destructive, Indecent and Unlawful Social Media Challenges

We find ourselves seeking the assistance of parents, students and community members to help end the various “Challenges” being recorded and uploaded to social media sites. These viral trends have made a difficult year, even more difficult. When it comes to these destructive, indecent, inappropriate and unlawful acts, we ask for your assistance in helping us stop these school disruptions. “I encourage parents to take time to discuss with their children the importance of not participating in dangerous, destructive or illegal social media challenges, and specifically the importance of treating educators, classmates and school property with respect,” said Richard Stokes, ...

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Carson School District seeks help to end Destructive, Indecent and Unlawful Social Media Challenges

We find ourselves seeking the assistance of parents, students and community members to help end the various “Challenges” being recorded and uploaded to social media sites. These viral trends have made ...

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Hall Co School Supt warns of Tik Tok trouble

Hall County School Superintendent Will Schofield says it’s a social media challenge that is causing problems in schools in and around Gainesville: students have been trashing school restrooms and posting videos on Tik Tok. Array A new TikTok controversy targeting teachers could end up with students being arrested in north Georgia. Channel 2′s Tom Regan was in Hall County, where for weeks, students have been imitating what they see online. Last month, it was trashing bathrooms in response to the so-called School Challenge. Students stole toilets, spray-painted walls and wrecked plumbing. In October, the challenge appears to be slapping teachers ...

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Slapping teachers – latest Tik Tok challenge – has educators on edge

Broward, Florida, schoolteachers are bracing for the latest online “Tik Tok challenge”, though some officials think it might be more rumour than reality. Fresh on the heels of September’s viral challenge encouraging students to steal items or vandalize school bathrooms, the Broward Teacher’s Union sent a note to its members countywide this week warning of October’s follow-up: “Slap a teacher”. “TikTok challenges... have already cost school districts a lot of money and resulted in student arrests, but they are about to get worse,” Broward Teachers Union Anna Fusco said in a letter addressed to members this week. “Keep an eye ...

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Lindale ISD police threaten arrest for students participating in TikTok challenge involving inappropriate physical contact with teachers

The Lindale ISD Police Department is warning parents of a TikTok trend that could land students in jail. According to the LPD, the social media challenge for the month of October involves students making inappropriate physical contact with staff members. "Please understand, if any student participates in this ridiculous act, they will be arrested on sight and charged with assault on a public servant," the LISDPD said in a statement. Texas PC 22.01 states: A person commits an offense if the person: Intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with another person when the person knows or should reasonably believe that ...

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