What is the TikTok Devious Licks trend and challenge?

The TikTok devious licks trend and challenge is the latest (and, arguably, worst) craze to sweep the video-sharing app, as students in the U.S. are searching for online clout by way of vandalizing and stealing from their schools’ bathrooms. Students uploading footage of each devious lick to TikTok has seen schools having to get involved in stopping the trend, resulting in suspensions and fines. Here’s what the devious licks are and why this TikTok trend has suddenly overtaken the app in 2021.

What is the TikTok devious lick challenge?

A devious lick on TikTok is typically when a student steals from their school’s bathroom and uploads the footage to the app. This has seen soap dispensers, hand sanitizer, and fire extinguishers being stolen from the school’s property, with students then showing off the “devious licks” they’ve obtained.

However, some students have even taken this trend to another level, outright destroying property in their school. Footage has emerged showing school bathrooms being completely demolished, these acts supposedly committed by students looking to ramp up the devious lick challenge:

TikTok kids be like "Just pulled off the most devious lick 😈😈😈" *commits domestic terrorism* pic.twitter.com/YS4vhpHpZ5

— goofy silly racc (:3 arc) (@Hyperacc21) September 16, 2021

Is the TikTok devious lick challenge banned?

Yes, TikTok has made moves to ban all content related to the devious lick trend, revealing that it was pretending users from using the hashtag #deviouslick when uploading to the app.

“We expect our community to create responsibly – online and IRL,” the official TikTok account tweeted. “We’re removing content and redirecting hashtags & search results to our Community Guidelines to discourage such behavior. Please be kind to your schools & teachers.”

With TikTok banning devious licks from being uploaded to the app, it seems likely that this phase will die out sooner rather than later. In the meantime, schools are also fighting back against those who are partaking in the craze — Denver Public Schools sent a letter to parents informing them that students “could be suspended, made to pay restitution, referred to law enforcement, and/or expelled” for damaging school property.

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