UK Teachers Quitting Over False ‘Paedophile’ Slurs on TikTok

UK Teachers Quitting Over False ‘Paedophile’ Slurs on TikTok
The TikTok logo on a smartphone in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2020. Kiichiro Sato/File/AP Photo
Alexander Zhang
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Some teachers in British schools have been quitting the profession after being falsely labelled as “paedophiles” on TikTok, union officials have warned.

The latest craze on the Chinese-owned video sharing platform sees pupils sharing videos of teachers with inappropriate hashtags such as #paedo and offensive comments, sometimes even superimposing their faces onto pornographic images.