Videos showing dangerous driving easily found on social media
BBC Verify has identified numerous social media videos depicting dangerous driving, including footage linked to a fatal crash in Middlesbrough. While TikTok prohibits content that promotes physical harm, the platform faces ongoing challenges in moderating such dangerous user-generated content.
Why it matters
This highlights the tension between social media platforms' safety policies and the viral spread of harmful, illegal real-world activities.
Videos showing dangerous driving easily found on social media Close At least one of the young people killed in the Middlesbrough crash appears in multiple videos posted on TikTok depicting dangerous driving.
BBC Verify has found dozens of videos on social media showing high-speed car chases, driving on footpaths and on the wrong side of the road.
TikTok's policies prohibit content that "could lead to physical harm", and the company has removed videos identified by BBC Verify.
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