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Middlesbrough Crash: Dangerous Driving Videos Easily Found on Social Media

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At least one of the young people killed in the crash appears in videos posted on TikTok showing dangerous driving.

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Following two serious road accidents in Britain and Ireland in which a total of 12 people died in one week, the question of whether social media is contributing to the spread of dangerous forms of road behaviour is increasingly being raised. Videos showing deliberate wrong-way driving on motorways and other reckless behaviour behind the wheel are under particular scrutiny, with authorities warning that the desire for views, likes and online reco…

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A new trend on social media is being linked to a number of recent deaths. Now police are sounding the alarm.

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Dangerous driving in the wrong direction, stolen cars and chases with the police as content for social networks. Another dangerous trend, the so-called joyriding, is spreading through the social network TikTok and other social networks. It celebrates risky and illegal driving on the roads for fun, attention and "likes". And it can also lead to death. In Ireland, the week before last, a tragic accident occurred, in which 5 people died, as a resul…

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Two tragedies in a few days have again drawn attention to a phenomenon that spreads across social networks: young people driving, increasingly dangerous maneuvers and videos made to conquer visualizations. But to what extent is TikTok feeding this kind of behavior? And what do platforms do to stop these contents?

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20 Minuten broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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