TikTok creator warns of disinformation after death hoax video

A Tiktok creator called on social media users to be more aware of disinformation after a video that claims to have died 650,000 times.

22 -year -old Grace Wolstenholme has won 1.3 million followers for her videos who spoke about living with cerebral palsy since 2021.

One of the most popular videos was used by a pillow -selling account without permission and subtitle: “Today I lost my autistic sister, so I got this pillow to imitate it.”

Tiktok confirmed that the video was removed for violating community instructions. Despite a large number of trials, BBC did not contact the user who shared the video.

“There are many bad people on social media, so you need to control the facts,” Mrs. Wolstenholme said.

The original video, which was released in 2021, was loved 5.2 million times and shows that he had punched him while working with a personal coach and fell into a gymnal class.

Wolstenholme said he realized the re -use of the death deception loaded in May when he contacted his mother to pass his condolences to his condolences.

Mrs. Wolstenholme, because he had been uncomfortable for about three months, he kept online low profile, which said the deception would look real.

“People lie in peace, grace. I love you.”

Assuming that he had lost thousands of followers and died, he said he saw a decrease in opinions because of people who reduce his income.

Tiktok Rewards the most popular creators By paying according to video views and interactions.

Mrs. Wolstenholme said he was disappointed with more disinformation.

“My disability is not autism, but cerebral palsy. So he misunderstood my injury and said I was dead.”

Mrs. Wolstenholme said that after contacting someone on Instagram, who owns the same user, the fake video was removed from Tiktok.

However, days later, he was re -published in Tiktok and sent a series of attacks to Mrs. Wolstenholme.

Tiktok, after contacting the BBC, removed the video and said he had violated. Community Directives.

Mrs. Wolstenholme did not comment on her concerns about sharing disinformation on the platform.

Mrs. Wolstenholme said that their followers “deeply disgusted”.

“The vision of my followers triggers because some of my followers suffer from mental health,” he said.

A second video imitating the disability of MS Woltenholme was published by the same Tiktok account.

Tiktok and Instagram accounts and the associated website are no longer active.

The name of the business was not the name of any limited company registered in Companies House, and the VAT number it showed was not associated with any UK business.

The BBC searched the store using the contact information on the website but could not receive response, and sent another profile that failed to match the Tiktok account and the person in the videos.

Wolstenholme reported that he had harassed the Metropolitan Police, who confirmed that he was investigating a few investigation line “.

A police spokesman: “Sacrifice continues to be supported by civil servants. He was not arrested at this stage.”

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