The TikTok icon is shown on a cell phone screen. Educational leaders are warning schools about a TikTok challenge that urges students to slap teachers while recording it on a video. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) ...

But there was never any evidence that the challenge was real or that it originated on TikTok. The spread was an example of misinformation turned into media manipulation, according to Harvard ...

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LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — A Lancaster County elementary student could be expelled for participating in a trend that started on social media. According to officials, the student hit a teacher in the ...

September 2021 saw a bit of havoc wreaked in some K-12 schools, which was attributed at least in part to a viral social media challenge called "devious licks" in which youngsters filmed themselves ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Claims that there is a "slap an Asian" challenge going on in the Bay Area have put San Francisco police on alert. Word of the so-called "challenge," in which people are told to ...

LA VERNIA, Texas - A mother is warning other parents about a violent slap challenge after her son became victim to the so-called game. "He has bruising on his back from where the hand print was so I ...

To millions, the videos of people slapping each other in the face with tortillas are hilarious. Each person takes a swig of water and then takes turns slapping the other, not with the hard palm of a ...

The famous friends faced off for the viral challenge on Instagram Wednesday Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work previously appeared ...

Educational leaders throughout the state are urgently warning teachers and school staff about a disturbing TikTok challenge that emerged this month urging students to slap teachers while recording it ...