A bizarre and disturbing trend has swept across TikTok over the last several days: Dozens of posts on the short-form video service — some amassing millions of views — have used video or…
Rolling Stone, the 9-second video uses audio of Heard from the trial saying, “I said, ‘Johnny, you hit me. You just hit me.'”
According to TikTok, it has removed several such videos that use Heard’s testimony, which the company says violate its anti-bullying policies. TikTok’sstate in part that is prohibits “Content that disparages victims of violent tragedies.” But in addition to the two videos cited above, numerous TikToks that excerpt audio and/or video from Heard’s testimony — and use it in an abusive way — remain still on the platform.Depp hit her, screamed at her and shoved her to the ground
. “This is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything,” she said on the stand on May 4. “This is the most painful and difficult thing I have ever gone through.” Depp has sued Heard for $50 million, alleging that she destroyed his career by alluding to her domestic abuse allegations in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post .
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