What is the 'devious lick' TikTok challenge? Why schools are warning parents
. The school district notified parents that toilets were clogged and mirrors were torn from walls as a part of the challenge"I kind of thought it was a funny trend until it happened at our school," Landon Edmond, a student at Dougherty Valley High School, told NBC Bay Area., saying urinals and sinks were being damaged.
Polk County public schools in central Florida have also experienced vandalism which appears to be related to the TikTok challenge. “Although the damage has been minor, we take these incidents seriously,” Jason Geary, director of communications for the school district, told TODAY. “We work with law enforcement in each case. Any students responsible will also be disciplined in accordance with our student code of conduct.
The popularity and warnings about the devious licks challenge come just a few weeks after TikTok banned search results for the dangerous, which left people with broken wrists and other injuries after failing to climb a pyramid-shaped stack of milk crates. The challenge, which reached across other platforms like Facebook and Twitter, was criticized for putting unnecessary strain on healthcare providers and local emergency rooms as the COVID delta variant surged.
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