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Teen activism overtakes dance moves as #blacklivesmatter trends on TikTok

The hashtag #blacklivesmatter has shot up TikTok's trending list with 3 billion views as of Tuesday morning

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TikTok came under fire last week for a glitch that made hashtags such as #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd appear as if they received zero views.

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Just a few months ago, 17-year-old Taylor Cassidy was spending hours flailing her arms in an attempt to pick up the latest dance move the "Renegade."

That all changed as Cassidy watched videos by Black Lives Matter (BLM) and eventually began creating video skits on TikTok to illustrate the racial injustice she and her friends face on a daily basis.

"Because the BLM movement has been present in society for such a long time, my generation has been able to use TikTok to spread awareness through the lens of a young person's mindset," Cassidy, who is black, told Reuters in