Calls For Action Rise After Disturbing TikTok 'April 24 National Rape Day'

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Calls for action rise after disturbing TikTok 'April 24 National Rape Day'

by Arielle Harrison, KUTV

Mon, April 19, 2021 at 6:54 AMUpdated Tue, April 20, 2021 at 7:54 AM3VIEW ALL PHOTOS

Calls are growing for the popular social media app TikTok to take action after a group declared April 24 National Rape Day. (Photo: SBG File)

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(KUTV) — Calls are growing for the popular social media app TikTok to take action after a group declared April 24 as "National Rape Day."

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Utah Democrat Austin Searle is among those calling on TikTok to do something and fast.

Searle, who is looking to unseat Sen. Mike Lee next year, tweeted, "A Group of users started a "National Rape Day" trend on TikTok that declared this will be taking place on April 24th! This is outrageous and forbidden! What is #TikTok going to do about this?"

A Louisiana news outlet was among the first to report TikTok users seeings at least six men posting videos inviting people to take part in acts of rape, specifically toward women on April 24.

The videos generated massive reactions, including shares and likes before the accounts sharing the content deleted the posts.

TikTok users are being urged to report anything they see promoting this event. This can include screenshots with hashtags as well as the user account sharing the content.

A spokesperson for TikTok released the following statement:

"The supposed 'National Rape Day' trend being reported upon is abhorrent and would be a direct violation of our Community Guidelines, and while we haven't seen evidence of this trending on our platform, our safety team remains vigilant and would remove any such content."

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