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<p>Liza Bautista is a former reporting intern at the Daily Dot. She is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and is based in NYC. Her work has appeared in i-D, Decider, and the Interlude.</p>


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Hands placing small doll into coffin with keyboard top in front of monitor with avatar

The real-life stakes of faking your death online

allegedly sick reptile in a tank at petco

‘They make profit off of sick animals’: TikToker accuses Petco of neglecting bearded dragon

white woman on phone is a hotel distressed

‘Who talks to others like that?’: Video of TikToker’s mom freaking out over hotel mix-up sparks debate over whether she’s a Karen

Tiktok of Black woman being questioned by police at a starbucks and being asked to leave #studyingwhileblack

‘#StudyingWhileBlack’: Starbucks employee calls police on Black TikToker because she wasn’t carrying vaccination card

police detain Black man and TikToker steps in to tell the true story

‘I saw that’: TikToker confronts cops after they allegedly detain Black man instead of white man

tiktok therapist sparks outrage with trauma dumping video

TikTok therapist sparks outrage by joking about patients ‘trauma dumping’ her

woman puts race as hispanic and white on trader joe's application and the white application gets an interview

‘I wonder why they want to meet me now’: Hispanic TikToker only secured interviews at Trader Joe’s when she applied as a white person, viral TikTok shows (updated)

‘Go back to Africa’: Man yells ‘white power’ at Black man, does Nazi salute in viral video

student strikes teacher sitting at desk (l) larrianna jackson mugshot (r)

‘An insult to educators everywhere’: Video spurs outrage over rumored ‘slap a teacher’ TikTok challenge

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‘You’re NOT a gang member’: Viral TikTok shows white students dressed as ‘thugs’ for school spirit week

Customer smacks food out of worker’s hand in viral TikTok