Schools Reporting TikTok Abuse - 1608/21

Date Responded 10 December 2021

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You asked:

How many reports of fake TikTok accounts and videos targeting school staff have been received by the Northumbria force?

Please could you break down the number of reports for the following months:

September 2021
October 2021
November 2021

Please state how many of these reports have resulted in further action and what this action was.

In Response:

Month	Count
Sep	-
Oct	-
Nov	2
Total	2

Outcome/Further action	Count
Investigation complete - no suspect identified	2
Total	2

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