Detentions at several London schools will be cancelled amid fears children are being encouraged to fight rival pupils on social media.
The Metropolitan Police remains on alert for a second week over an outbreak of “school wars” sweeping the capital.
Posts circulating on TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram called on youngsters as young as 11 to “be violent” and arm themselves with compasses, metal combs, scissors, rulers and weapons including kitchen knives and fireworks.
Is this a joke article or just bad ai?
Good question, The Guardian also reported on this: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/26/tiktok-snapchat-london-pupils-school-wars
There’s no mention there of things like cancelling detentions, that make no sense and make the original article seem dubious.
According this article - The mysterious social media posts attempting to spark street brawls - detentions have been cancelled:
For a second week in a row, Met police officers are on high alert and schools across the capital have started cancelling detentions and after-school activities. Why? A fresh spate of posts trying to organise street brawls between children at different schools has hit social media platforms like Tiktok and Snapchat.
