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The shocking things kids do for likes

It sounds too awful to be true, but the shocking new craze sweeping social-media platform TikTok involves teenagers pretending to be victims of terrible crimes, including 9/11 and the Holocaust.

In the disturbing new trend dubbed ‘trauma porn’, thousands of fame-hungry users are making videos of themselves covered in fake cuts and bruises, sometimes dressed in striped clothing like that worn by Auschwitz prisoners or torn outfits to depict a rape victim.

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