Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School
Seventh and eighth graders in Malvern, Pa., impersonating their teachers posted disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos in the first known mass attack of its kind in the U.S.
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![Patrice Motz, a Spanish teacher, was one of more than 20 educators at Great Valley Middle School in Malvern, Pa., targeted by students on TikTok.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/09/multimedia/TIKTOK-TEACHERS-1-02-fhgc/TIKTOK-TEACHERS-1-02-fhgc-thumbLarge.jpg?auto=webp)
![Patrice Motz, a Spanish teacher, was one of more than 20 educators at Great Valley Middle School in Malvern, Pa., targeted by students on TikTok.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/images/2024/07/09/multimedia/TIKTOK-TEACHERS-1-02-fhgc/TIKTOK-TEACHERS-1-02-fhgc-threeByTwoMediumAt2X.jpg?auto=webp)