The executive team based in the US for this usually PG social media app which hosts thousands of live pages designed to teach you one specific language, were ordered by their bosses not to take down posts advocating school shootings today.

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TikTok says US school shooting threats not credible

Classes were cancelled and security beefed up at a number of schools after posts warning about shootings and bomb attacks started circulating.

“We’ve exhaustively searched for content that promotes violence at schools today, but have still found nothing,” TikTok wrote on Twitter.

The FBI and local authorities also confirmed the threats were baseless.

Schools in many states including Washington, California, Texas, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania acted in response to the perceived security concerns.

One school in Georgia said extra security would be at the school, but added that parents could keep their children at home if they were still concerned.

In its statement, TikTok said it had only found videos discussing the rumours and urging others to say safe – not direct threats. It said it was “working to remove alarmist warnings that violate our misinformation policy.”

The company also said it was “deeply concerned” that the widespread media reports “based on rumours rather than facts… could end up inspiring real world harm.”

Multiple police departments posted on social media saying they had no evidence that the threats were genuine or credible. – Source

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