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Schools across US cancel classes over shooting threats on TikTok
Updated On: 17 December, 2021 01:33 PM IST | Washington | IANS
Districts in California, Texas, Minnesota, and Missouri said they planned to close down schools on Friday in response to the threats
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In a frightening incident, school districts across the US decided to cancel classes on Friday owing to reports of threats being made on short-video app TikTok that children and teachers should skip school due to "supposed threats of shootings or bombings". The schools cancelled classes in response to those supposed threats, as a new wave of videos popped up with additional warnings based on both the supposed claims and the actual, factual cancellations of some school classes", reports The Verge.
Districts in California, Texas, Minnesota, and Missouri said they planned to close down schools on Friday in response to the threats. "Elsewhere, districts have said they plan to have heightened police presence or have emailed parents to say they`ve been investigating the allegations," the report said late Thursday. Several districts and law enforcement divisions said that the threats are not credible or even real.
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