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<p>Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.</p>


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offensive sound still on tiktok

An autistic TikToker reported an ableist sound that trivializes sexual assault 4 times. It’s still wildly popular

woman speaking hands up caption "This sounds comes with a MASSIVE trigger warning for the autistic community" (l) woman speaking caption "This sounds comes with a MASSIVE trigger warning for the autistic community" (c) woman speaking hand up caption "This sounds comes with a MASSIVE trigger warning for the autistic community" (r)

ableist sound on tiktok

‘This is explicit ableism’: Autistic TikTokers want you to stop using this disturbing sound

woman with caption "i love that all the 'retired hot Cheetos girls' under this trend are just yt girls admitting they were just adopting a caricature of Black and Latina women. Do yt gay guys next." over Cheetos background

retired hot cheetos tiktok

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Young woman with TikTok filter (l) Young woman without filter, holding cat (r)

fatphobic tiktok filter

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Problematic On TikTok