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TikTok user faces backlash for pretending to be a teacher in classroom stunt
Stunts for attention on rapidly-growing short video apps are getting people into trouble, or worse
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Short video apps are full of “creative” stunts performed to draw eyeballs. One Chinese user apparently thought a great stunt would be presenting herself as an attractively-dressed primary school teacher.
A user on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, triggered wide criticism online after making videos of herself posing as a primary school teacher dressed in high heels and a short skirt. The local education bureau said the user trespassed on school grounds during its lunch hour, entered a sixth grade classroom and asked students to play along.
TikTok, the viral short video sensation, has its roots in China
In her videos, the students are seen rising from their seats to greet her as she enters the classroom and waving along as she sings.
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The videos drew attention from state-run newspaper People’s Daily, which commented on Weibo that classrooms are not “a showroom for acting coquettishly.” It added that such “absurd Douyin hosts” who want attention so badly are not rare.
Douyin said it has banned the user, and that it has always cracked down on users and content that go against public order and good customs.
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