A new TikTok trend called 'devious licks' has been popular at schools across the country. Students are stealing and damaging school property and posting it on TikTok for likes and followers. Fayetteville High School has seen damaged soap dispensers, toilet paper dispensers, and toilet seats as a result of the trend."The main thing we have seen around our campus is some destruction to mainly the boys restroom," said associate principal Warren Collier. "We haven’t seen any theft, but yeah, they definitely have caused some destruction to the restroom."Fort Smith Public Schools Police Department posted about the trend Friday evening.A spokesperson with Rogers Public Schools told 40/29 News that the district is aware of the trend and has addressed it with their students."Talk to your students about the various TikTok challenges because I know this won’t be the last one and just not following all of the trends that they know are not the right thing and not engage in it just for a couple of likes on the app," Collier said.TikTok's communications team tweeted about the trend, claiming they will be removing those videos in an effort to discourage that behavior.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A new TikTok trend called 'devious licks' has been popular at schools across the country. Students are stealing and damaging school property and posting it on TikTok for likes and followers. Fayetteville High School has seen damaged soap dispensers, toilet paper dispensers, and toilet seats as a result of the trend.
"The main thing we have seen around our campus is some destruction to mainly the boys restroom," said associate principal Warren Collier. "We haven’t seen any theft, but yeah, they definitely have caused some destruction to the restroom."
Fort Smith Public Schools Police Department posted about the trend Friday evening.
Fort Smith Public Schools Police Department
Fort Smith Public Schools Police Department Facebook post
A spokesperson with Rogers Public Schools told 40/29 News that the district is aware of the trend and has addressed it with their students.
"Talk to your students about the various TikTok challenges because I know this won’t be the last one and just not following all of the trends that they know are not the right thing and not engage in it just for a couple of likes on the app," Collier said.
TikTok's communications team tweeted about the trend, claiming they will be removing those videos in an effort to discourage that behavior.