TikTok videos mocking poor British people as 'chavs' have racked up millions of views and hundreds of thousands of followers

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• TikTok is host to a growing number of videos stereotyping and mocking working-class people in the UK.
• The term 'chav' – a slur used to describe poor people – features in thousands of clips posted to the app, which have been watched more than 150 million times in total. 
• The TikTok Chavs, a dance troupe made up of students attending an elite drama school, is one of the most popular accounts, having earned more than 20 million views in a matter of months.
• The left-leaning Fabian Society told Business Insider jokes targeting those with less status and power in society were 'unacceptable'.
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TikTok, the video-sharing phenomenon seemingly adored by teens everywhere, has rapidly become one of the most popular apps in the UK. 

According to data from App Annie, a mobile data and analytics platform, TikTok was the UK's fifth most downloaded app in 2019, ahead of online giants like Spotify, Snapchat and Facebook. New estimates from eMarketer suggest the app will surpass 10 million British users by the end of 2021.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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