Officials Respond to Reports of TikTok Boat Jumping Challenge Causing Deaths

Officials Respond to Reports of TikTok Boat Jumping Challenge Causing Deaths
The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office in Culver City, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Lorenz Duchamps
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An Alabama law enforcement agency said on July 10 that it is not aware of any deaths linked to a TikTok challenge that encourages people to flip off the rear of a boat while moving at a high rate of speed, despite a slew of news reports quoting an Alabama official as saying otherwise.

In a series of posts on Twitter, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said recent reports regarding first responders warning against a TikTok boat jumping trend, reportedly resulting in four deaths, are “incorrect.”
Lorenz Duchamps
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