Kids hooning around in stolen cars. Driving head-on at police. Filming the action. A youth crime wave has engulfed Alice Springs — and the community is desperate for solutions.
"We're not talking the Ice Bucket challenge here," says Dr Belinda Barnett, a senior lecturer at Swinbourne University whose research focuses on social media and digital platform regulation.
"The crimes we are talking about are obviously not new crimes," eSafety acting head of investigations Luke Boon says. Much of this is happening on TikTok, a Chinese-owned video-sharing platform that has grown in popularity largely off the back of its Gen Z user base., the company removes "content that depicts or promotes activities that may jeopardise youth well-being" as well as "content depicting, promoting, normalising or glorifying dangerous acts that may lead to serious injury or death", listing "dangerous driving behaviour" as a specific example.
A warning generated by TikTok reads: "Participating in this activity could result in you or others getting hurt". But at the time of publishing, the post remains up.In a statement, a TikTok spokesperson says all content is subject to their community guidelines, and they "actively remove content and ban accounts that breach these guidelines, and make reports to law enforcement when warranted".
The nation's red heart, where ancient Aboriginal culture meets a modern economic centre — smack bang in the middle of the continent. Police statistics reveal a sharp upward spike in crime in Alice Springs over the past five years, particularly in break-ins, theft, and a seemingly unabating wave of violence.
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