‘They’re thinking about the likes’: deadly TikTok motorway trend horrifies Ireland
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Cutting out the clickbait: "Social media platforms face public ire after fatal crash involving teenagers filming themselves driving on wrong side"
There was another a few days before it.
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/10/car-involved-in-m50-crash-was-stolen-before-collision-took-place/
Real life Grand Theft Auto 6 driving only gives you OneShot
They are recording and publicly publishing their unsympathetic crimes. Arrest them.
7 dead today in UK from same issue.
Not using tiktok doesn't make you smart, but damn there are no smart people on tiktok
Around here they could be charged with attempted murder. It takes some of the fun out.