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According to court records, a TikTok post included Spanish text that investigators translated as a call to action.

Andrew Stanton, 38, was arrested earlier this month and charged with threats to assault, kidnap or murder a United States official after authorities linked him to several TikTok videos threatening agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, prosecutors said.

Hollywood studios like Hulu and Paramount+, noticing the immense viral impact of these TikTok videos, have started to adopt fan edits in official marketing campaigns. Lionsgate has gone all in on the format, posting edits every few days of new titles like “The Long Walk” and old ones like “Divergent.”

Eduardo Aguilar, 23, residing in Dallas, has been charged by federal complaint for transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce a communication containing a threat, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas. The TikTok that resulted in his arrest is pictured below:

Eduardo Aguilar allegedly offered $10,000 per ICE agent killed in a TikTok video, according to federal prosecutors.

Cape Coral police say the 23-year-old influencer with more than half a million followers tried to evade arrest before officers found her lying on the backseat floorboard.